October 28, 1992
Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 08
Education
Opinion
Memoirs of a Teaching Award Winner
Robert F. Sexton is the executive director of the Prichard Committee
for Academic Excellence, a Lexington, Ky.-based citizens' group
advocating long-term education change.
Education
Flap Over Selection of Principals Settled
Schools Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez of New York City last week reached a compromise with a Bronx community school board in an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit over the appointment of six area principals.
Education
State News Roundup
School nicknames that have Native American connotations could violate Wisconsin's antidiscrimination laws, and the state education department has the authority to decide which ones are not acceptable, State Attorney General James E. Doyle has said in an opinion.
Education
State Journal: Symphony in sync?; Tactical retreat
At a time when poorer school districts in Alabama are asking parents for $90 donations in order to purchase copier paper, Gov. Guy Hunt this month released $450,000 from the state education budget for the financially strapped Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Education
Governors' Races Put Property-Tax Reliance to Test
Next week's gubernatorial elections may provide a significant signal of the public's willingness to consider alternatives to the property tax as a primary method of funding the schools.
Education
Appointments
ÄÄIn the Schools
Shirley Makibbin, former director of the International School in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to chief of the education division of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Arlington, Va.
Shirley Makibbin, former director of the International School in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to chief of the education division of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Arlington, Va.
Education
Ballot Box: Youth vote; In the limelight
The youth vote continues to pour in.
The Democratic nominee, Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, garnered 43 percent of the vote in a mock Presidential election sponsored by Channel One, the classroom television-news show, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
The Democratic nominee, Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, garnered 43 percent of the vote in a mock Presidential election sponsored by Channel One, the classroom television-news show, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Education
Health Column
A study published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine offers a possible explanation for the sharp disparity in infant-mortality rates between blacks and whites.
Education
Winds of Change in Congress To Hit Education, Too
The major changes expected in personnel and operations when Congress reconvenes next January will be evident as well in the committees that handle education funding and legislation, Capitol Hill observers said last week.
Education
News Updates
A group of Hispanic residents in El Paso has filed a lawsuit charging that federal immigration officials have been violating their rights at or near a high school on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Education
Legislative Redistricting Reshuffles Decks for Education
During her 18 years in the Illinois House, Rep. Helen F. Satterthwaite has earned a reputation as a friend of education. But the Urbana Democrat, who has served on education committees throughout her tenure, may be in the race of her career.
Education
Children Without 'Traditional' Support Seen Posing Challenge for Schools
The increasing numbers of children who do not live in a "traditional'' two-parent family and who do not have any parent at home full time highlight the need for institutions such as schools to rethink their missions, according to a new analysis of census data.
Education
Before Census, N.E.A. Laid Groundwork
Although redistricting results derived from the 1990 Census will not be known until next week and beyond, the National Education Association and its affiliates were laying the groundwork to protect their interests in state legislatures as early as 1987.
Education
Vocational-Education Column
School districts can enhance their vocational-education programs by placing caring and competent staff members in key positions, building in evaluations from the outset, and insuring that the curriculum covers four essential components--applied academics, vocational-technical education, job-search skills, and life-coping skills, according to a report released last month.
Education
R.I. Legislature, Labor Board Intervene in Warwick Dispute
Gov. Bruce Sundlun of Rhode Island last week called a special session of the legislature in an attempt to end a longstanding contract dispute in Warwick between the teachers' union and the school committee.
Education
Teachers: Column One
Following the lead of the Minnesota Federation of Teachers and the Minnesota Education Association, which in September collaborated on a one-year moratorium on bargaining elections, some locals in the outer-ring suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul have decided to join forces.
Education
States See Dramatic Rise in Open-Enrollment Participation
Although the issue of public school choice has been overshadowed recently by the debate over private school vouchers, new figures released this month suggest that public open-enrollment programs are gaining in popularity among parents and students.
Education
With Little Fanfare, Struggling Miss. Program Entices Liberal-Arts Graduates Into Teaching
Earlier this year, Sonya L. Anderson,
a 1992 graduate of Yale University
and a native of Oxford,
Miss., turned down a job offer
from Teach For America, the
highly publicized national organization
that trains liberal-arts graduates to teach
in inner-city and rural schools.
Education
Los Angeles Teachers Vote To Authorize Strike
Members of the United Teachers-Los Angeles last week voted overwhelmingly to authorize their board of directors to call a strike if union leaders are unable to negotiate a salary agreement with the city's school board.
Education
Q&A: Science Teacher, and Letterman Sidekick, Recounts TV Career
Lee Marek, a high school chemistry teacher in suburban Chicago, keeps students interested in science by performing amazing feats in daily classroom experiments. But he never expected he would be entertaining late-night television audiences as David Letterman's "Weird Science'' sidekick.
Education
Girls May Get Signal To Join Football Huddle in Texas
In Texas, where high school football is a central element in the life of many communities and the masculine mystique is a deeply ingrained cultural tradition, girls have been given the preliminary go-ahead to play on the gridiron.
Education
Civil-Rights Lawyers Target School Board Elections
The candidates and issues vary, but many local elections being held Nov. 3 will likely have the same result: lawsuits alleging that minorities were deprived of their voting rights through systems of representation that minimize their electoral strength.
Education
As Cities Sign On, America 2000 Continues To Be Work in Progress
This city last week became the first in the nation to win the distinction of being an official America 2000 community. To celebrate, the leaders of San Antonio 2000 gathered at "Rockville High,'' a fictional school that is part of a 1950's town in the Fiesta Texas theme park.
Education
School Boards' Marks on Own Assessment Give Critics Credence
School board members turn out to agree with many of the harsh judgments that have been leveled against them by a growing chorus of critics, a report to be released this week has found.
Education
People News
Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Malcolm X, has urged students not to skip school to see the opening of the new biographical film about her father.
Education
Pendulum Is Seen Swinging 'Back Toward Metric'
Dennis Holt has seen official enthusiasm for teaching the metric system of measurement wax and wane several times in his 19 years as a mathematics teacher.
Education
District News Roundup
Public school administrators have a duty to protect students from sexual misconduct by school employees, and they can be sued when they fail to stop abuse they knew about or should have known about, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Education
Colleges Column
A U.S. Education Department researcher last week said that critics of college curricula, including Lynne V. Cheney, the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, use "flimsy'' evidence when making their critiques.