January 24, 2001
Education Week, Vol. 20, Issue 19
Equity & Diversity
Study: Dearth of Programs For Older Immigrant Students
Programs designed especially for students who know little or no English are concentrated at the elementary level, even though secondary schools enroll a greater proportion of such students, according to a new study. Includes the chart, "Special Instruction For Limited-English Students."
Special Education
Internet Tycoon Gives $250 Million For Cognitive-Disabilities Project
A California couple has promised to donate $250 million to the University of Colorado to create a center for research on technological advances that will help people with cognitive disabilities.
School Climate & Safety
California Schools Lose Power As Energy Crisis Deepens
Teachers taught by lantern and flashlight at International Polytechnic High School this month, as the Pomona, Calif., school was hit by the intermittent power outages plaguing the state.
College & Workforce Readiness
Dropout Studies Target 'Pockets of Problems'
A decade after state and federal leaders made lowering dropout rates a national goal, it appears that little progress has been made, a series of new reports suggests. Includes the table "Attrition in City High Schools."
Education
News in Brief: A National Roundup
- Full Appellate Court To Hear
Charlotte Case - N.J. Gym Teacher Charged
- Superintendent Serves Jail Time
- Parents Position for Recall
- Sub Barred for Cleaning Gun
- Head Start Test for TB
- Parents Buy Tesseract Schools
- Deaths
Education
Opinion
A Bipartisan Agenda
Despite the many disagreements on educational policy that have received attention in recent years, a unifying platform for educational reform may be closer than many people realize, writes David S. Seeley.
Curriculum
Opinion
The Arts' Impact on Learning
Richard J. Deasy and Harriet Mayor Fulbright argue that current research is helping policy leaders ground their instinctive beliefs that the arts are worthy of study and good for kids and schools.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
A Campus Gender Gap
The disproportionate ratio of females to males at colleges and universities stems from the ambivalence many males feel about the "reality" of schoolwork, argues English professor Thomas Newkirk.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters
- Arts Agency Aids Media Literacy
- Who's Accountable? We All Should Be
- U.K. Visit Showed Schools Progress
- Quality Counts 2001: A Sampling of Reactions
Education
Opinion
Memorandum to the President
Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Diane Ravitch—all three former assistant secretaries of education—advise the new president to get tough on education.