Bill Clinton
Education Funding
Congress Not Likely To Approve Budget by Oct. 1 Deadline
The Republican-led Congress appears destined this year to approve the largest spending increase ever for the Department of Education, but not by Oct. 1, when the new federal fiscal year begins.
School Climate & Safety
Riley Releases New Class-Size Report
In its first year, the highly touted federal class-size-reduction program helped elementary schools hire an estimated 29,000 new teachers.
Education
Time Grows Short on ESEA Renewal
If the effort to reauthorize the nation's main K-12 education law were a patient, it would be in critical condition. Includes the chart, "Progress Report."
If the effort to reauthorize the nation's main K-12 education law were a patient, it would be in critical condition. Includes the chart, "Progress Report."
Federal
Progress Report
Following are brief descriptions and the status of bills to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act:
School & District Management
Competing Plans Offered To Shield Research From Political Influences
Policymakers and researchers floated ideas for ways to buffer federally funded education research from the changing whims of politics during a House education subcommittee hearing last week.
Education
Clinton Offers Family-Friendly Goals At Teen Conference
At a White House conference on teenagers last week, President Clinton called on Congress to adopt several family-friendly budget items and signed an executive order that bars federal workplaces from discriminating against employees who are parents.
Federal
Clinton Turns Spotlight On Performance
President Clinton has ordered federal education officials to help states and districts turn around low-performing schools.
Education Funding
Clinton Budget Initiatives
In addition to a proposed $1 billion teacher-quality program, President Clinton last week previewed several other major proposed increases in his fiscal 2001 budget, which will be released Feb. 7:
Federal
Clinton: New Ideas, Expanded Programs
Here are excerpts from President Clinton's State of the Union Address:
Federal
Clinton Calls for Emphasis On Teachers
The teacher-quality initiative and other proposals President Clinton unveiled in his State of the Union Address sounded popular themes.
Education Funding
Ed. Dept. Tries To Shield Key Programs From Cuts
Funding for programs to assist disadvantaged K-12 students and encourage class-size reduction escaped the Department of Education scalpel as the agency last week unveiled details of how it would comply with a $108 million mandated cut in its fiscal 2000 budget.
Assessment
OCR Issues Revised Guidance On High-Stakes Testing
Officials at the Department of Education's office for civil rights have expanded a controversial draft guide outlining the proper use of high-stakes tests in an effort to better detail the legal principles involved and ways in which such issues will affect students.
Education Funding
Clinton Renews Call For Construction Funds
President Clinton is again proposing that the federal government spend $3.7 billion to help districts build or renovate school facilities.
Federal
Education Budget Has Unprecedented 'Pork'
The San Bernardino County, Calif., superintendent of schools issued a news release last week proudly announcing a $3 million federal grant to underwrite program development for a "virtual" high-tech high school.
