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Subject: EdWeek Update, Sept. 25, 2002
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:43:39 -0400 (EDT)
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September 25, 2002
In This Issue:
* Top Stories
* TalkBack
* The Daily News
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TOP STORIES
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States Suffer Halting Start on Tutoring
At least five states have been operating under the impression--mistaken,
according to the Department of Education--that none of their public schools
must
meet a key requirement in the new federal education law this school year.
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School Boards Struggle With Sunshine Laws
In Texas, some of the highest-ranking education policymakers are facing charges
of violating state open-meetings laws. And it comes at the same time local
school board members in Arizona and New Mexico districts have faced criminal or
civil charges of violating such government-in-the-sunshine laws.
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Testing Researchers Make Pitches for Refining ESEA Rules
Attendees at the annual meeting of the National Center for Research on
Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing expressed support for the "No Child
Left Behind" Act of 2001, but they also raised a number of challenges to the
testing and accountability requirements in the federal law.
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Legal Battle Over School Vouchers Returns to Maine
School choice activists have launched a fresh legal challenge to a Maine
program
that provides public funding for students to attend secular but not religious
private schools. The case is the first of what observers say could become a
string of state-level lawsuits spurred by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision
upholding the Cleveland voucher program.
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Dateline Japan:
North Wind Bows to the Rising Sun
Japan's fabled educational system produced a diligent and capable workforce
that
propelled Japan to economic dominance. But parents and policymakers have grown
weary of the toll that the system's high expectations is taking on their
children. After more than a decade of debate, the government is implementing a
series of reforms promising a more relaxed approach to education.
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Includes
A Look Back: Schooling in Japan, 1985
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TALKBACK
Add your voice to today's education debates. EDUCATION WEEK on the WEB's new
TalkBack feature gives you the chance to weigh in on critical issues in
education and engage colleagues in debate and discussion. Each week we feature
one or more topics for discussion. Speak up and tell us how you really feel.
This week's topic:
Relaxing in Japan
What's your view of Japan's recent reform efforts? Are there lessons to be
learned from Japan's about-face on the rigorous demands it made on students?
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THE DAILY NEWS
Get education news from around the country in "The Daily News."
Updated by 12:00 p.m., EST.
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This week's highlights:
Schools Teach 3 C's: Candy, Cookies and Chips
From The New York Times (requires free registration): September 24.
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State Files Appeal to Reassert Control Over Camden (N.J.) Schools
From The Philadelphia Inquirer: September 24.
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Private Schools Pressured for Data
From The Washington Post: September 24.
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Educators Try to Tame Japan's Blackboard Jungles
From The New York Times (requires free registration): September 23.
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Absence Makes a District Ponder
From The Dallas Morning News (requires free registration): September 23.
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Will Pay-to-Play Ruin School Sports?
From The Christian Science Monitor: September 20.
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