May 23, 2001
Education Week, Vol. 20, Issue 37
Curriculum
About This Series
This is the final installment of a three-part series about teachers in Antarctica.
Federal
Republicans Reject Programs On Facilities, Class Size
The federal school-facilities and class-size-reduction programs, two Clinton- era creations axed in President Bush's education plan, narrowly failed revival attempts last week, as revision of the flagship federal law for precollegiate education inched through Congress.
The federal school-facilities and class-size-reduction programs, two Clinton- era creations axed in President Bush's education plan, narrowly failed revival attempts last week, as revision of the flagship federal law for precollegiate education inched through Congress.
Education
Honors & Awards
CHASE SCHOOL CHANGE AWARDS
Fordham University's graduate school of education and Chase Manhattan Foundation announced six winners of the Chase School Change awards. The awards recognize institutions that have improved students' academic accomplishments through system-wide change. The winners receive national recognition and a $2,500 grant. The winners are:
Education
Federal File
The Word on Tests
Secretary of Education Rod Paige is absolutely, positively unflappable in his support for annual tests, a centerpiece of President Bush's education plan. And he has strong words for those who disagree.
Education
NAEP Board Begins Preparing For Changes
Big changes are looming for the test used to gauge the educational health of the nation's schoolchildren. As one observer warned at a meeting here this month, the next few years could be the "riskiest and most dangerous time" in the history of the nearly 30-year-old National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Assessment
Testing Computerized Exams
Students at Century High School in Hillsboro, Ore., are part of a growing national trend toward using computers to administer tests. The testing systems have extradordinary potential but, at this stage, plenty of glitches, too.
Early Childhood
Opinion
Why the Rush?
Competitive parents and myopic policymakers are putting children's needs last, says Jennifer Gerdes Borek.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
A Better Bargain
Adam Urbanski and Clifford B. Janey say it's time to consider new and different models of labor-management relations between unions and school districts.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Principalship: Less May Be More
J. Casey Hurley believes that we must no longer implore principals to become "Superleaders" and "Supermanagers," but move in the opposite direction. A prerequisite for improved school leadership is to define the principal's role more narrowly, Hurley argues, not more broadly.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Is Summer School the Answer Or the Problem?
Changing the school calendar would do more for the majority of students than summer school, which has become more like "summer prison," writes Marilyn J. Stenvall.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters
- SAT Study Asked Wrong Question
- Exposing the Folly of 'Nation at Risk'
- Testing To Gauge Individual Growth
- Countering Hirsch on Reading Gap
- A Middle Ground? Paternalism Disguised as Caution
Teacher Preparation
New Accreditor Gaining Toehold in Teacher Ed.
The Teacher Education Accreditation Council, a self-described renegade, has won a key endorsement: recognition as a national accrediting body by a Washington-based watchdog group. Includes a table, "The Route to TEAC Approval."
Education
Correction
An article in the May 16, 2001, issue of Education Week ("Protests Over State Testing Widespread") on protests over state testing incorrectly identified the group organizing a rally in Massachusetts. The May 15 rally was sponsored by the Student Coalition for Alternatives to MCAS and the Coalition for Authentic Reform of Education.