Monday, April 19, 2004
Failing the Schools - Lawmakers turn blind eye as Detroit district flails
Detroit Public Schools is struggling to keep its fiscal bearings as costs rise, state support drops and students head out the door. It's not alone in its budget difficulties -- that's happening in many districts, especially those with declining enrollments. What's different is how Lansing reacts.
Detroit Public Schools is struggling to keep its fiscal bearings as costs rise, state support drops and students head out the door. It's not alone in its budget difficulties -- that's happening in many districts, especially those with declining enrollments. What's different is how Lansing reacts.
Warner turns eye to school reforms
RICHMOND — Gov. Mark Warner will spend his last 20 months in office improving troubled schools, ensuring that state government spends money wisely
By Christina Bellantoni
RICHMOND — Gov. Mark Warner will spend his last 20 months in office improving troubled schools, ensuring that state government spends money wisely
By Christina Bellantoni
Pro-life teachers angered by march
Thousands of pro-life teachers and school staff required to belong to the National Education Association across the country are offended by the union's co-sponsorship of a pro-choice march in Washington this Sunday.
By George Archibald
Thousands of pro-life teachers and school staff required to belong to the National Education Association across the country are offended by the union's co-sponsorship of a pro-choice march in Washington this Sunday.
By George Archibald
How TV can 'rewire' brains of tiny tots
The culture wars are fierce, with firefights between right and left, conservative and liberal, traditional and postmodern. But the struggle is also generational, between parents and children. We're not talking teenagers and parents, but tiny tots arrayed against their moms and dads.
By Suzanne Fields
The culture wars are fierce, with firefights between right and left, conservative and liberal, traditional and postmodern. But the struggle is also generational, between parents and children. We're not talking teenagers and parents, but tiny tots arrayed against their moms and dads.
By Suzanne Fields
