November 22, 2000

Education Week, Vol. 20, Issue 12
Federal Wis. District Learning Its Own Lesson About Recounts
While the Democratic and Republican candidates for president wrangled over vote- counting procedures in Florida last week, public school leaders in faraway La Farge, Wis., were experiencing firsthand the havoc wreaked by premature calls, missing ballots, and hand recounts.
Darcia Harris Bowman, November 22, 2000
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2 min read
Education Awaiting Confirmation
The next administration is expected to make about 150 political appointments in the Department of Education. Nominations to the following 16 top positions must be confirmed by the Senate.
November 22, 2000
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1 min read
Teacher Preparation Schools of Education Tracking Down 'Big Money'
Long discounted in universities' efforts to bring in the "big money," schools of education are starting to come into their own. Includes a table, "Educational Enrichment."
Julie Blair, November 22, 2000
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11 min read
Education Educational Enrichment
Following are teacher-training institutions that have received some of the largest donations in the past couple of years. Total assets include endowments, pledges, and cash. The data were supplied by the institutions' development officers.
November 22, 2000
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1 min read
Education Assessing the Assessment
The Massachusetts Teachers Association began airing a 30-second television advertisement this month that denounces the state's high- stakes testing program. A frame from the spot, and its voice-over text, are shown below.
November 22, 2000
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1 min read
Education Opinion Educational Diplomacy
U.S. Department of Education officials assert that a modest investment to support systematic learning from educators abroad would soon pay off—for all countries involved.
Terry K. Peterson, Alan L. Ginsburg, Lenore Y. Garcia & Mariann Lemke, November 22, 2000
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10 min read
Assessment Opinion The ‘Volvo Effect’
Our long preoccupation with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-bubble tests has taken on a dangerous new dimension with the introduction of accountability and educational-quality justifications for their use, argues Kenneth A. Wesson.
Kenneth A. Wesson, November 22, 2000
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11 min read
Education Opinion The Zen of Quality
Using Zen Buddhism as an unlikely analogy, high school Assistant Principal Randy Johnson warns that the currently popular quality process is a powerful tool but not the savior it's been made out to be.
Randy Johnson, November 22, 2000
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6 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters
  • Management: More Than Shuffling Paper
  • Time To 'Get Real' in Counseling Goals
  • Urban Schools Demand More
  • Community Questions and School Boards
  • Galileo's Lute
November 22, 2000
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12 min read
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