January 26, 2005
Education Week, Vol. 24, Issue 20
Education
Report Roundup
Postsecondary Goals
More than 60 percent of teenagers in a recent national survey said they would need at least some postsecondary education to live productive lives as adults.
Education
Education Abstracts Prompt Debate
In research journals, an abstract is the short summary that precedes the main body of a study. The world of education research has no set rules on what authors can put in these paragraph-length synopses.
Education
Report Roundup
U.S. Asian Population
According to the Census Bureau, Asian is defined as “people having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.”
Education
Report Roundup
Parental Notification
State laws that would require that parents be notified when girls younger than 18 seek birth-control services would be likely to increase risky sexual behavior, teenage-pregnancy rates, and sexually transmitted diseases, concludes a study published in last week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Education
Report Roundup
Counselors Want Aid to Help Gay Students
Most secondary school counselors recently surveyed in Indiana said they need more assistance from public schools and local communities in helping gay and lesbian students.
School & District Management
‘Mixed Methods’ Research Examined
Education studies that blend different research strategies are gaining renewed attention.
Education
N.J. Law-Enforcement Officers to Inspect Schools for Safety
At the urging of the governor, New Jersey education leaders have joined with state and local law-enforcement officials in a plan to inspect every school in the state to make sure children are as safe as possible from potential terrorist attacks.
Education
Letter to the Editor
California's 'Educational Nightmare': Taking Stock
Findings from the RAND Corp.’s 216-page report on California’s public schools, commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, should cause every one concerned with education in the state to pause and take stock.
Education
Chart: Private and Public School Safety
The percentage of students, ages 12-18, who in 2003 reported...
College & Workforce Readiness
Colorado to Admit Its Top Graduates
Starting next fall, the top 10 percent of students in every high school graduating class in Colorado will be guaranteed admission to the University of Colorado.
School Choice & Charters
Private Schools Put Spotlight on Safety
Administrators and students at private schools tend to see their schools as safer than public schools. But spurred in part by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many private schools have joined the national push to revamp campus safety plans.
School Climate & Safety
Tsunami Recovery Could Raise Building Costs
Many construction experts and school officials say they expect the costs of building materials to continue to rise because of the Dec. 26 tsunami in South Asia.
School Climate & Safety
N.D. Students Build Addition to School
When a North Dakota elementary school needed a new classroom, school leaders found their construction crew on the other side of campus—at the local high school.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Even ‘Superteachers’ Aren’t Miracle Workers
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. bases his case for reforms in teacher education on the claim that “the quality of classroom educators is the single biggest driver of student learning.” But it does not follow that good teachers guarantee good schools, as he argues.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Could New Hampshire Teach Us Something?
Could it be that New Hampshire, with its tradition of small schools, local control, and minimal state intervention, may have something to teach the rest of the country?
Reading & Literacy
'Hooked on Phonics’ Acquired by Educate Inc.
The education services company Educate Inc. has acquired the parent company of Hooked on Phonics, the controversial but popular literacy and math program advertised on television.
Ed-Tech Policy
School Alerts Utilize Web
Quick communication with parents during a weather emergency or a security threat is a vital concern for school districts, but older telephone-dialing systems and even mass
School & District Management
Online Surveys Give School Districts Quick Feedback
Schools seeking to tap the opinions of their constituents—parents, students, and community members—may never have had it so easy, thanks to the proliferation of online survey tools that are being served up by companies or set up by school do-it-yourselfers.
School & District Management
Maine Rallies Behind Rules for Athletics
Youth athletes increasingly complain about unruly fans, overbearing coaches, and pressures from elite travel teams. In Maine, at least, their concerns have been heard.
School Choice & Charters
Debate Over Charter Schools Rages in Mass.
The heated debate over the growth of charter schools in Massachusetts continues to escalate.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Foreign-Language Study Loses Out in Bush Budget
Re. your article on Russian studies in an Alaska school district, I am perplexed as to why you did not note that the U.S. Department of Education’s Foreign Language Assistance Program, known as FLAP, has been zero-funded in every year of the Bush presidency.