May 10, 2000
Education Week, Vol. 19, Issue 35
Federal
States Seek To Defuse School Bomb Scares
Bomb scares have become so prevalent at schools over the past few years that state lawmakers are now crafting policies specifically aimed at deterring them.
Federal
State Journal
Grade deflation
Florida school officials would no longer be able to turn a blind eye to D's and F's when calculating whether students met the state's new, stricter graduation standards, under legislation awaiting the governor's signature.
Student Well-Being
Educators Welcome Guidelines For Diagnosing ADHD
New guidelines for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from the nation's pediatricians will help foster more collaboration between schools and physicians, educators say.
Early Childhood
High-Quality Child Care Again Linked to Fewer Juvenile Arrests
High-quality child care not only prepares children for school, but can also be an effective crime-fighting strategy, says a new report from leading law-enforcement officials.
Education
Construction Costs
The 10 states with the highest total school construction needs, in billions of dollars:
School Choice & Charters
Charter Schools: Choice, Diversity May Be At Odds
Some observers worry that charter schools and other forms of choice will move public education away from the ideal of the "common schoool" and exacerbate racial and class separation. Includes: "Research on Charters and Integration Is Limited," and the chart, "Charter Schools and Race."
School & District Management
Huge Middle School Tries To Feel Small
With more than 3,100 students, Creekland Middle School is larger than many entire school districts.
Curriculum
Opinion
A Better Sexuality Education Course Might Have Helped
A new book dissects the case of two New Jersey teenagers who were convicted of manslaughter in the death of their newborn son, whose body was left in in a dumpster outside a Delaware motel. Can educators learn from their story?
School & District Management
Opinion
Doing Things Right, Or Doing the Right Things?
The authority given to school administrators has not kept pace with the ever-increasing demands and responsibilities assigned to them, says one school leader.
Education
Opinion
The Burden of Faulty Attitudes
We need to worry less about our children's self-esteem and more about competence, argues Janine Bempechat.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters
- Economic Integration: Do We Have the Will?
- On Special Education 'Accommodations'
- Ravitch: Standards Aid Quest for Equity
- Building Maturity and a Sense of Happiness
- First the Apostrophe, Then the Pronouns
- Voucher Advocates Omit Key Differences
- Millennial Reflection Missed an Inflection
- A Future Teacher on Corporate Giving
- Portrait of Test Foes Seen as 'Alarmist'
- Reading Report: One Research's 'Errors and Omissions'
- Gay Students: Questioning Groups' Objectivity