June 9, 2004

Education Week, Vol. 23, Issue 39
Education State Journal

Fiscal Uncertainty

Texas state officials are pointing fingers at each other over a budget shortfall that could leave students using 8-year-old textbooks.
June 9, 2004
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Education Capitol Recap
  • Alabama
  • Colorado
  • Georgia
  • Minnesota
  • Tennessee
June 9, 2004
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8 min read
Equity & Diversity Reporter's Notebook

Conference Is a Salute To Rosenwald’s Vision

Joetta L. Sack, June 9, 2004
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Education Report Roundup
  • Federal Education Law Failing, Report Argues
  • College Graduation
  • Latino Segregation
  • Texas Obesity
  • Children’s Health
June 9, 2004
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3 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Summer Job Outlook Daunting For Teenagers
The summer job outlook does not look promising for the nation’s teenagers, who are likely to continue to struggle in the labor market, analysts say.
Tal Barak, June 9, 2004
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4 min read
Ed-Tech Policy Company Pleads Guilty To E-Rate Abuses
A U.S. affiliate of Tokyo-based NEC Corp. has pleaded guilty to abuses of the federal E-rate program, including a canceled project to give needy students in San Francisco access to the Internet.
Andrew Trotter, June 9, 2004
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4 min read
Equity & Diversity N.Y.C. School to Address Complaints of Harassment
The New York City school district has agreed to provide diversity and tolerance training for students at a Brooklyn high school where Asian-American students were regularly harassed.
Catherine Gewertz, June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Leading for Learning
Federal Postcard From Independence, Mo.
The Independence, Mo., school district offers a glimpse at how a typical American school system is coping with the No Child Left Behind Act's tough academic standards. It's a complex portrait.
Jeff Archer, June 9, 2004
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11 min read
School & District Management States, Districts Clicking Into Online-Purchasing Systems
Seeking to capitalize on the Internet’s retail and financial-management capabilities, more states and school districts are using online-purchasing systems to buy everything from No. 2 pencils to cleaning supplies.
Rhea R. Borja, June 9, 2004
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6 min read
Education Youth Service

Citizenship Abroad


To help U.S. students learn how to become more active citizens, a group of 20 educators and policymakers traveled to Scotland, where citizenship education is an integral part of the national curriculum.
Michelle Galley, June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters
  • Protecting Children From Pluralism?
  • Dept. Official Questions Use of Technology Data
  • Move to K-8 Schools: 'Back to the Future'
  • Do 'Multiple Pathways' Lead to More of Less?
  • GAO's 'Diploma Mills' Report Was Misread
  • 'Fast Track' Degrees Should Shame Us
  • Teacher-Quality Group Rebuts 'Baseless Attack'
  • Australians Oppose Nonpublic School Aid
  • Our Schools Should Be Democracy's Laboratory
  • 'Reasonable' Discourse Assumes Alternatives
  • Brown v. Board Missed the Point
  • We Should Tell Others About Depression's Toll
June 9, 2004
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Early Childhood Opinion Head Start’s National Reporting System Fails Our Children. Here’s Why.
While assessment is important, Head Start's National Reporting System is antithetical to many of the program's core principles, say Evelyn Moore and Raul Yzaguirre.
Evelyn Moore & Raul Yzaguirre, June 9, 2004
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Federal New Iraqi Education Minister Named
A biochemist who earned his doctorate in the United States was named Iraq’s interim minister of education last week. He replaces a former World Health Organization official who had served in the position since last September.
Mary Ann Zehr, June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Social Studies Opinion Debate Central
Former Delaware governor Pete du Pont praises the Internet for making debate a more accessible extracurricular activity for disadvantaged students.
Pete Du Pont, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Law & Courts Opinion Adequacy Lawsuits: The Wrong Answer for Our Kids
Education lawyer Alfred A. Lindseth argues that the recent spate of lawsuits designed to secure more funding for schools fails to help districts in which the problem is not how much money there is, but how it is being spent.
Alfred A. Lindseth, June 9, 2004
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8 min read
Curriculum Teaching & Learning
  • NEA Foundation Focuses Giving on Closing Gap
  • World History in Review
  • Models in the Middle
  • Classroom Management
  • Teachers' Walk
  • Museum Links
June 9, 2004
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8 min read
Education Correction
A story in the May 26, 2004, issue of Education Week ("NRC Urges Multiple Studies for Math Curricula") furnished an incorrect Web address for accessing a National Research Council report on the effectiveness of mathematics curricula. The correct address is http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11025.html.
June 9, 2004
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School Climate & Safety Guidance Urges Input on ‘Dangerous Schools’ Definitions
The Department of Education is urging states to seek advice from parents when defining "persistently dangerous" schools.
Erik W. Robelen, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Surfing Approved as Hawaii’s Newest School Sport
From now on, when Hawaii’s high school students grab their surfboards and head for Oahu’s North Shore—or other surfing destinations throughout the state—they might be doing so as the Kahuku High Red Raiders or the Na Ali’i team from King Kekaulike High School.
Linda Jacobson, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
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