October 12, 2005
Education Week, Vol. 25, Issue 07
Education
Task Force to Study Pre-K Accountability
A new National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force will seek ways to help states spend their preschool dollars wisely, the philanthropy that created it says.
Education
A National Roundup
Study Finds Child Pedestrians Safest in Heavily Populated Areas
Children who live in heavily populated areas where people can walk to their destinations suffer fewer pedestrian deaths than those who live in low-density areas with spread-out houses, a study released last week concludes.
Education
People in the News
Barbara B. Blackburn
Barbara B. Blackburn began a one-year term this month as the president of the American School Counselor Association’s governing board. She is a school counselor at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, W.Va.
Education
People in the News
Kirsten Rasmussen
Kirsten Rasmussen has been appointed the director of business development for the National Science & Technology Education Partnership.
Education
People in the News
Theresa E. Saunders
Theresa E. Saunders was recently named the superintendent of East St. Louis School District 189 in Illinois. She started her new job this month.
Education
A National Roundup
Correction
The On Assignment story in the Oct. 5, 2005, issue of Education Week ("Dropping In") gave an incorrect name for a Tucson, Ariz.-based nonprofit organization that runs a network of 13 charter schools in the state. It is Portable Practical Educational Preparation.
Education
A National Roundup
‘Diploma Mill’ Indictments Filed
James A. McDevitt, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, said the individuals have been summoned to appear in court for formal arraignment on Oct. 27.
Education
A National Roundup
KIPP to Open New School
The Houston school board has agreed to lease a vacant school building to the Knowledge Is Power Program for the duration of the school year.
Education
A National Roundup
Pa. Governor Seeks Removal of Chester-Upland Control Board
Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania has sued the board of control that runs the troubled Chester-Upland schools, accusing it of failing to resolve the district’s longstanding financial and academic woes.
Law & Courts
A National Roundup
Civil Rights Groups Ask to Join Calif. Lawsuit Over Integration Plan
Four civil rights organizations are seeking to join a lawsuit to support a California school district’s use of race in drawing student-attendance zones.
Education
A National Roundup
New Orleans Seeking to Open Some Schools in November
The New Orleans school district last week asked parents and employees to call a hotline and indicate whether they intend to return to the flood-damaged city.
Education
A National Roundup
Miami Teachers’ Union to Receive Ex-President’s Life-Insurance Money
United Teachers of Dade will eventually receive more than $1 million in an agreement with former President Pat L. Tornillo Jr., whom officials believe bilked more than $3 million from the Miami union’s coffers.
School Choice & Charters
A National Roundup
Mass. Attorney General Appeals Ruling on Roxbury Charter School
Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly is appealing a court ruling issued late last month that allowed a Boston charter school to stay open.
Curriculum
A National Roundup
AFT Salary Survey Finds Teacher Pay Below Inflation Rate
The average increase in teacher pay slipped below the rate of inflation in 2003-04, the latest year for which data are available, the American Federation of Teachers said last week in releasing its annual salary survey.
