January 9, 2002

Education Week, Vol. 21, Issue 16
Gov. Jane Swift
Education Capitol Recap
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
January 9, 2002
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Education Funding Arizona Meets Court Deadline For Funding Plan
With a court-imposed deadline looming, Arizona lawmakers passed legislation late last month to increase the amount of money the state spends on students with limited proficiency in English.
Darcia Harris Bowman, January 9, 2002
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Education State Journal

Goodbye, Audits

California school officials will start the new year with less red tape, thanks to Gov. Gray Davis, who recently agreed to end state audits of school attendance records.
January 9, 2002
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1 min read
Education News in Brief: A National Roundup
  • State Infusion Saves Jobs Of 180 Teachers in Buffalo
  • Court: Mich. Group Discriminated In Girls' Sports Schedule
  • Texas Judge Tosses Out Dallas Board's Redistricting Vote
  • Compton, Calif., School Board Regains Control of District
  • Catholic-School Teachers in New York End 17-Day Strike; Talks Continue
  • W. Va. Court Bars Panel's Role In Teacher-Licensing Hearings
  • Oregon Principal Excludes Girl's Senior Photo With Rat
January 9, 2002
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7 min read
Education Corrections
An article in the Nov. 28, 2001, issue of Education Week about the San Diego school district's focus on principals' instructional role incorrectly identified the teacher of the lesson described at Miramar Ranch Elementary School. In addition, the school's principal has said that he did not make the comment about the lesson's instructor attributed to him. The principal of Curie Elementary School has said that she did not make the remarks attributed to her elsewhere in the story.
January 9, 2002
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1 min read
Patricia Hamamoto
Education News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
  • Calif. Teacher Crisis Getting Worse,
    New Statewide Review Suggests
  • N.H. Court Rejects Funding Suit
  • California Denies Secession Vote
  • Hawaii Gets State Superintendent
  • Virginia Has New Education Secretary
  • Wisconsin Regents Defer Test
January 9, 2002
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5 min read
Education Group Cites Needy But High-Performing Schools
Poverty and race may still be two of the strongest predictors of a school's performance, but the results of a recent analysis are being used to argue that it doesn't have to be that way.
Jeff Archer, January 9, 2002
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3 min read
Early Childhood Quality Counts Finds Uneven Early-Childhood Policies
While 39 states and the District of Columbia together spend more than $1.9 billion a year on prekindergarten for at least some children, states' efforts to finance and monitor the quality of early-childhood education vary greatly, an Education Week report to be released this week concludes.
Lynn Olson, January 9, 2002
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2 min read
Education Take Note

Out of Joint

Some energetic 8th graders at the 719-student Slauson Middle School in Ann Arbor, Mich., have a 10,000-year-old bone to pick with their state legislature.
January 9, 2002
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1 min read
William J. Cox
Education Standard & Poor's Puts Michigan Data Under Microscope
The Wall Street giant Standard & Poor's has released the first of what will be an annual report on the condition of Michigan's public schools, providing a taste of the kind of data-driven analysis it hopes to market to other states.
Lynn Olson, January 9, 2002
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5 min read
Education Events
A symbol (*) marks events that have not appeared in a previous issue of Education Week.
January 9, 2002
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Assessment Opinion Leave No Child Unsuccessful?
Teacher Sara Matthews wonders at the paradox of grade-inflation outrage at a time when schools are being exhorted to "leave no child behind."
Sara L. Matthews, January 9, 2002
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3 min read
Accountability Opinion The Roots of Backlash
In assessing criticism of the standards and accountability movement, says Marc S. Tucker, it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the problems to which the movement was a response.
Marc Tucker, January 9, 2002
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9 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Opinion Should School Choice Come Via the Internet?
The time has come to embrace a vision for school choice that is based on the information-technology revolution, J.H. Snider argues.
J.H. Snider, January 9, 2002
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6 min read
Education Funding Opinion Making More of Less
An expected decrease in philanthropic support for school reform may have a bright side, if it motivates education reformers and philanthropists to concentrate their efforts on high-yield strategies and high-impact projects, write Chester E. Finn Jr. and Kelly Amis.
Chester E. Finn Jr. & Kelly Amis, January 9, 2002
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9 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters
  • San Diego Story Draws Objections
  • Gender-Equity Panel Slighted in Report
  • On the Public's Role In Teaching's Status
  • RAND Study Offers'Premature' Research
  • Teaching 'With Style' Spurs Achievement
  • 'Weird, Dangerous'Choice Arguments?
  • Denver Study Shows Goal-Setting Benefits
  • Preparation Gap Tied To Culture, Not Race
  • Teaching Is Tainted By Labor Practices
  • Why Have Students Grade Their Peers?
  • Proposition 227: A California Failure?
  • On Minority Parents And School Choice
  • Essays on Tests: Making Writing the
    'Gatekeeper' of Content Areas
  • Small Schools: Whether Urban or Rural,
    Their Impact Is Large—But Is It News?
January 9, 2002
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33 min read
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