Thursday, May 20, 2004
Panel Finds No Evidence to Tie Autism to Vaccines
An examination of scientific studies worldwide has found no convincing evidence that vaccines cause autism, according to a committee of experts appointed by the Institute of Medicine.
By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
An examination of scientific studies worldwide has found no convincing evidence that vaccines cause autism, according to a committee of experts appointed by the Institute of Medicine.
By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
Bush's Budget Fails Education: An Issue by Issue Analysis of how Bush Misses the Mark
President Bush was elected, promising to "leave no child behind" in our schools. His signature reform legislation imposed unprecedented federal mandates on schools, while promising the resources to make them work. With this budget, the president breaks that promise.
President Bush was elected, promising to "leave no child behind" in our schools. His signature reform legislation imposed unprecedented federal mandates on schools, while promising the resources to make them work. With this budget, the president breaks that promise.
Bill Cosby: Poor blacks can't speak English
NAACP leaders stunned by remarks of prominent comedian
In the presence of NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and other African-American leaders, comedian Bill Cosby took aim at blacks who don't take responsibility for their economic status, blame police for incarcerations and teach their kids poor speaking habits.
NAACP leaders stunned by remarks of prominent comedian
In the presence of NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and other African-American leaders, comedian Bill Cosby took aim at blacks who don't take responsibility for their economic status, blame police for incarcerations and teach their kids poor speaking habits.
Students armed with technology usher in a new school of cheating
At Waterford Union High School, a handful of students stole the answers to their physics exam and programmed the answers into their graphing calculators.
By NICOLE SWEENEY
At Waterford Union High School, a handful of students stole the answers to their physics exam and programmed the answers into their graphing calculators.
By NICOLE SWEENEY
Reading programs producing
Students bound for 1st grade showing improved readiness
Just nine months ago, students in 63 Arizona schools had some of the worst reading scores in the state.
By Pat Kossan
Students bound for 1st grade showing improved readiness
Just nine months ago, students in 63 Arizona schools had some of the worst reading scores in the state.
By Pat Kossan
Panels to continue work on education
Governor Rick Perry called a special session on school finance and education, but the Legislature was unable to reach an agreement.
Two dozen lawmakers were named Wednesday to continue working on a solution to school finance.
Governor Rick Perry called a special session on school finance and education, but the Legislature was unable to reach an agreement.
Two dozen lawmakers were named Wednesday to continue working on a solution to school finance.
Parents may be puzzled by FCAT forms
Parents, this is not a test.
But it's about a test. And it might feel like one.
By Nirvi Shah
Parents, this is not a test.
But it's about a test. And it might feel like one.
By Nirvi Shah
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Four sisters teach -- and learn -- at same Pacoima school
Students at Canterbury Elementary School have grown accustomed to seeing a smile on Ms. Mendoza's face -- Coco, Norma, Dora and Rosa Mendoza, four sisters who teach at the same Pacoima school.
By Jennifer Radcliffe
Students at Canterbury Elementary School have grown accustomed to seeing a smile on Ms. Mendoza's face -- Coco, Norma, Dora and Rosa Mendoza, four sisters who teach at the same Pacoima school.
By Jennifer Radcliffe
Granholm seeks quick sin tax hike
Cigarette and liquor levies could offset more student aid cuts
The state slashed this year's school foundation grant, originally set at $6,700 per student, by just under $75 per pupil in December to avoid a deficit in the school aid fund. School districts now get a minimum of $6,625 per pupil. Last year the basic grant also was initially set at $6,700, then cut by an average of $55 per pupil.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday she is determined to avoid more cuts in school funding after officials projected a $260 million deficit in the state’s budget.
By Gary Heinlein and Christine MacDonald
Cigarette and liquor levies could offset more student aid cuts
The state slashed this year's school foundation grant, originally set at $6,700 per student, by just under $75 per pupil in December to avoid a deficit in the school aid fund. School districts now get a minimum of $6,625 per pupil. Last year the basic grant also was initially set at $6,700, then cut by an average of $55 per pupil.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday she is determined to avoid more cuts in school funding after officials projected a $260 million deficit in the state’s budget.
By Gary Heinlein and Christine MacDonald
2 HISD teachers take honors for going extra mile
Fifth-grade science and math teacher Carla Jones-Tucker got noticed at Anderson Elementary School for using music and dance to help students memorize complicated formulas.
By JASON SPENCER
Fifth-grade science and math teacher Carla Jones-Tucker got noticed at Anderson Elementary School for using music and dance to help students memorize complicated formulas.
By JASON SPENCER
Education Board Faults Pre-K Bill
Members say it is inconsistent with the quality program voters wanted.
Stopping short of asking Gov. Jeb Bush to veto a prekindergarten bill, state Board of Education members formally expressed concern Tuesday over a measure they say is inconsistent with the quality preK program voters thought they'd get when they put it in the constitution.
By BRENT KALLESTAD
Members say it is inconsistent with the quality program voters wanted.
Stopping short of asking Gov. Jeb Bush to veto a prekindergarten bill, state Board of Education members formally expressed concern Tuesday over a measure they say is inconsistent with the quality preK program voters thought they'd get when they put it in the constitution.
By BRENT KALLESTAD
STAGGERING FAIL RATE IN SPECIAL ED
city's special-education students are being left behind.
New state statistics on the achievement of Big Apple students with learning disabilities in 2003 showed a shockingly abysmal performance, with only 3.5 percent of the eighth-graders passing the English exam and 5 percent passing the math test.
By KENNETH LOVETT and CARL CAMPANILE
city's special-education students are being left behind.
New state statistics on the achievement of Big Apple students with learning disabilities in 2003 showed a shockingly abysmal performance, with only 3.5 percent of the eighth-graders passing the English exam and 5 percent passing the math test.
By KENNETH LOVETT and CARL CAMPANILE
Texas teachers suspended over beheading video
Some students at the high school where two teachers were suspended for showing the recorded execution of an American civilian contractor say the district overreacted in its punishment, but its superintendent defends the move.
Some students at the high school where two teachers were suspended for showing the recorded execution of an American civilian contractor say the district overreacted in its punishment, but its superintendent defends the move.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Schools consider reducing credits
Hoping to keep thousands of frustrated teenagers from dropping out, Baltimore school officials are considering reducing the number of credits needed to graduate from high school.
Hoping to keep thousands of frustrated teenagers from dropping out, Baltimore school officials are considering reducing the number of credits needed to graduate from high school.
Former astronaut points girls to science
The first U.S. woman to orbit Earth calls hard work the key.
She showed young girls everywhere how to reach for the stars.
And on Sunday, she brought a bit of heaven to hundreds of them in Sacramento.
By M.S. Enkoji
The first U.S. woman to orbit Earth calls hard work the key.
She showed young girls everywhere how to reach for the stars.
And on Sunday, she brought a bit of heaven to hundreds of them in Sacramento.
By M.S. Enkoji
Columbine parents outraged
Families of victims lash out at Klebolds' interview comments
"Seething" is too mild a word to describe the reaction that some Columbine families felt after reading an interview with gunman Dylan Klebold's parents.
By Lynn Bartels
Families of victims lash out at Klebolds' interview comments
"Seething" is too mild a word to describe the reaction that some Columbine families felt after reading an interview with gunman Dylan Klebold's parents.
By Lynn Bartels
How three Pittsburgh schools tried to beat the odds
No one ever said building a high-achieving school was easy. But these three Pittsburgh public schools are working to defy the obstacles and close the achievement gap between black and white children.
By Eleanor Chute
No one ever said building a high-achieving school was easy. But these three Pittsburgh public schools are working to defy the obstacles and close the achievement gap between black and white children.
By Eleanor Chute
Reading isn't taught by the book in N.Y.
Battle over best way pits left vs. right, feds vs. local board
The reading wars are heating up again, fueled by a scramble for $6 billion in federal money, and the students in Agnes Martin’s first-grade class at Public School 172 are caught in the middle.
By Michael Dobbs
Battle over best way pits left vs. right, feds vs. local board
The reading wars are heating up again, fueled by a scramble for $6 billion in federal money, and the students in Agnes Martin’s first-grade class at Public School 172 are caught in the middle.
By Michael Dobbs
Diploma being redefined
The high-school diploma is losing its luster.
Once considered a good sign - of drive, responsibility, college readiness - it has come to mean too little, some say. This year, a Northern Kentucky company even dropped the diploma as a requirement for hire.
By Karen Gutierrez
The high-school diploma is losing its luster.
Once considered a good sign - of drive, responsibility, college readiness - it has come to mean too little, some say. This year, a Northern Kentucky company even dropped the diploma as a requirement for hire.
By Karen Gutierrez
Beyond integration: Better teaching is post-'Brown' frontier
Half a century after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed deliberately segregated schools, more than 60 percent of black fourth-graders can't read.
By Gail Russell Chaddock
Half a century after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed deliberately segregated schools, more than 60 percent of black fourth-graders can't read.
By Gail Russell Chaddock
South sees integration gains slip into past
From white to mixed to black
Millicent Hall is supposed to be part of the multiracial society that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed about, where black and white students would be educated side by side. But this month, she will graduate from Southwest DeKalb High School with 300 other African-American students who never have attended an integrated school.
By Dahleen Glanton
From white to mixed to black
Millicent Hall is supposed to be part of the multiracial society that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed about, where black and white students would be educated side by side. But this month, she will graduate from Southwest DeKalb High School with 300 other African-American students who never have attended an integrated school.
By Dahleen Glanton
50 years later, state takes new look at Brown vs. Board
Fifty years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court declared: "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA
Fifty years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court declared: "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA
