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.
Julie Blair, May 10, 2000
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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.

May 10, 2000
1 min read
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.
Adrienne D. Coles, May 10, 2000
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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.
Linda Jacobson, May 10, 2000
3 min read
Education Construction Costs
The 10 states with the highest total school construction needs, in billions of dollars:
May 10, 2000
1 min read
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."
Lynn Schnaiberg, May 10, 2000
17 min read
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.

Linda Jacobson, May 10, 2000
9 min read
School Choice & Charters Charter Schools and Race
May 10, 2000
1 min read
Education Death
Jacqueline P. Danzberger, the director of governance programs for the Washington-based Institute for Educational Leadership, died April 17 of cancer. She was 67.
May 10, 2000
1 min read
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?
Susan N. Wilson, May 10, 2000
4 min read
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.
Thomas R. Hoerr, May 10, 2000
8 min read
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.
Janine Bempechat, May 10, 2000
6 min read
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
May 10, 2000
22 min read