June 16, 2004
Education Week, Vol. 23, Issue 40
Federal
Despite $20 Million Pledge, S.C. Charter Plan Dead for Now
Dennis Bakke, the head of the country’s second-largest charter school manager, may have lost his recent fight to expand charter schools in South Carolina, but his battle is far from over.
Education
Report Roundup
- Technology Spending Stalls Survey Finds
- After School
- Education Overseas
- School Spending
School & District Management
Assignment Debate Stirs Emotions in Boston
Ted Landsmark canceled trips to China and Bermuda when the mayor called on him to lead a task force that will provide Boston’s school committee with alternatives to the city’s student-assignment policy.
Education
Major Gates Foundation Grants To Support Small High Schools
Place-Based Grants | Network, Replication, and Early-College Grants
Of the $2.2 billion in education-related grants made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the past five years, about $647 million has gone to support the creation of smaller, more personalized high schools. The following list does not include $66.3 million the foundation has spent on policy, research, and evaluation projects related to the reform of secondary education. The grants listed do not add up to the total, partly due to overlap between the two categories of awards.
Teaching Profession
Study Finds Benefits In Teach For America
Students taught by Teach For America recruits learned more in mathematics over the course of a school year than schoolmates whose teachers were hired through more traditional routes, a new study shows. Includes a chart, "Comparing Types of Teachers."
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters
- In School Aid Battles, We Need Robin Hood
- ‘Voucher Nirvana’ and The New Segregation
- No Arabic Offerings? Reader Is Not Surprised
- A Tale of Pseudoscience: Dogma Over Philosophy
- Defending SWAT Teams’ Role in School Safety
- Student Behavior
Federal
Muslim Students Question Foreign Policy, With U.S. Assent
Participants in a new U.S. government-financed exchange program for youths from the Muslim world jumped at the chance last week to question a U.S. Department of State official about foreign policy and American culture during a visit to the nation’s capital.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
When Less Is More
Fewer—but better— tests could give 'accountability' real meaning, writes Connecticut Commissioner of Education Betty Sternberg.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Schools and Universities: A New Social Contract
Public universities and K-12 schools must face their problems together, writes Russell Olwell, an assistant professor of history at Eastern Michigan University.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
A Quid Pro Quo For Teacher Quality
Research shows that quality teaching matters. We’ve got to stop treating quality teachers as if they don’t, says former North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.
Education
Research Report: School Safety
Want to brush up on your school security skills without spending the time and resources needed for a full-scale emergency drill?
Serious Game
Want to brush up on your school security skills without spending the time and resources needed for a full-scale emergency drill?
Federal
Reagan’s Legacy: A Nation at Risk, Boost for Choice
President Ronald W. Reagan left an education legacy of advocacy for vouchers and school prayer.
Education
Correction
An item in the Teaching & Learning column in the June 9, 2004, issue of Education Week incorrectly reported one of the partners in a grant program of the National Education Association Foundation. It is the Hamilton County Education Association, not the NEA’s Tennessee affiliate.