safety, scams, schools: accountability, alternative, charter, choice, curriculum, desegregation, fund raising, prayer, parental involvement, reform, school-to-work, spending, sports, teacher's perspective, technology, vouchers, trends, self-esteem, sex education, substance abuse, suicide, summer camp
SAFETY
09.21.97 - Keeping your family safe on the Information Superhighway
09.21.97 - New parental software tracks kids on Internet without blocking sites
08.17.97 - When mothers go to work, can they trust the caregiver?
05.04.97 - LYCOS hosts Web site for special child-protection program
05.04.97 - Class action expands against Metromail and Donnelley over privacy violations
03.09.97 - Family of raped child files suit against janitorial company
SCAMS
05.04.97 - Class action expands against Metromail and Donnelley over privacy violations
03.30.97 - Baby Food Scam Aims to Catch People Off-Guard
SCHOOLS
accountability
09.21.97 - Panel discusses ways to increase academic excellence among blacks
05.11.97 - What happened to standards?
04.27.97 - General Assembly fast-tracks school takeover bill
03.30.97 - CBIA calls for greater accountability in public education
03.09.97 - Florida Bill Would Ease Removal of Bad Teachers, Boost Parents' Power
03.09.97 - New Jersey's New Education Funding Law Means Less Control for Districts
03.02.97 - Hartford High School faces loss of accreditation school board members stunned
SCHOOLS
alternative
03.16.97 - New Florida private school promises a computer at every desk
03.16.97 - Nonprofit board to oversee for-profit school sites in Duluth
03.02.97 - Duluth Teachers Give Edison School Mixed Reviews
SCHOOLS
charter
05.18.97 - School choice removed, charter schools boosted in Appropriations bill
05.18.97 - State senators approve charter schools bill
03.16.97 - Charter Schools Offer Best of Public and Private Schools
SCHOOLS
choice
05.18.97 - School choice removed, charter schools boosted in Appropriations bill
03.23.97 - Lincoln Park, NJ Board Votes for Children, Not Jobs
SCHOOLS
curriculum
09.21.97 - Panel discusses ways to increase academic excellence among blacks
09.21.97 - Atherton students learn the basics
09.14.97 - What is computer literacy and how should we teach it?
08.17.97 - CBIA helps bring realworld uses to new math curriculum
05.18.97 - In Florida, High School Students Learn from Stockmarket Competition
05.11.97 - What happened to standards?
04.27.97 - Critics say new, new math is too dumbed-down
02.23.97 - We need to address gender biased curriculum
02.16.97 - School too easy, teenagers say study finds high school students also put off by unruly classmates
02.16.97 - Citizens ask legislature for school curriculum on Irish potato famine
SCHOOLS
desegregation
03.30.97 - California's "education gap" puts state in economic jeopardy
12.02.96 - Chris Powell on Sheff v. O'Neill - Sheff plaintiff's integration plan
11.14.96 - Chris Powell on Sheff v. O'Neill - the cost of integration
08.24.96 - John Breen, journalism teacher at the University of Connecticut on Sheff v. O'Neill
07.25.96 - Chris Powell on Sheff v. O'Neill - going nowhere fast
07.23.96 - Chris Powell on Sheff v. O'Neill - Chief Justice Ellen A. Peters
SCHOOLS
fund raising
09.14.97 - North Carolina PTA Council Pushes to Get Financial Controls in Place
08.17.97 - Earn Cash For Your School!
SCHOOLS
prayer
05.25.97 - Congressman pushes religion amendment on Capitol Hill
SCHOOLS
parent involvement
09.14.97 - Parents, you are teachers, too
08.17.97 - Help Lead the America Goes Back to School Effort
03.30.97 - Parents Push for Report Cards That Don't Require a User's Manual
SCHOOLS
reform
09.14.97 - Smart Solutions For US School Overcrowding
08.17.97 - Urban League to lead national school improvement effort
05.11.97 - A lesson in improving schools
05.11.97 - New standards, hard work turn Texas problem school around
05.18.97 - Arthur Andersen urges going beyond educational improvement; calls for total transformation of education system
05.18.97 - Reducing class size puts schools in a squeeze
05.18.97 - Lawmakers submit education reform bill to challenge Nevada governor's plan
04.27.97 - General Assembly fast-tracks school takeover bill
04.20.97 - Hartford school takeover law offers both hope and disgrace
03.23.97 - John Berthoud, Vice President of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution - Investor's Business Daily - Guest Editorial
03.21.97 - Tinkering with Hartford's schools won't work State should run them directly, do its best
03.02.97 - Connecticut State Department of Education calls for same changes in Hartford
02.23.97 - IBM expands commitment to reinventing educationschools that Education Alternatives was fired for
02.16.97 - Multi-age classroom offers variety of challenges for different ages
SCHOOLS
school-to-work
04.20.97 - Utah students eager to earn as they learn
04.20.97 - Craft Center creates partnership with Henry Abbott Regional Technical School
04.06.97 - American technology companies push for higher caliber graduates in workforce
03.30.97 - California's "education gap" puts state in economic jeopardy
03.23.97 - Leading education paper announces new corporate partnership program
03.16.97 - Colorado business leaders prepare students for real-life experiences
03.02.97 - Nashville Program Gives Teens Experience in Business World
02.23.97 - Schools look to business to prepare kids for work
02.16.97 - Comprehensive School-to-Careers web guide launches `www.school-to-careers.com`
SCHOOLS
spending
SCHOOLS
sports
09.14.97 - Internet health club to launch free youth fitness program for U.S. high school varsity athletes
SCHOOLS
teacher's perspective
05.25.97 - `It's hard to go' -- Iowa teachers wrap up week in New York schools
03.09.97 - Pennsylvania Teachers See Many Changes in Education System
02.23.97 - Given the Circumstances: Teachers Talk About Public Education Today
SCHOOLS
technology
09.14.97 - Kids Solve Everyday Problems With Creative Inventions
04.27.97 - Clinton bankrolls NetDay $11.8 million goes to wiring classrooms
04.27.97 - NetSchools launches revolutionary technology solution for K-12 that defines the new 21st century classroom; innovative "kid-proof" laptop at heart of solution
04.27.97 - ITAA exec calls for greater IT emphasis in vocational education bill
03.27.97 - Chris Powell looks at the property tax and its impact on school budgets
03.16.97 - Business & Education Leaders Advance Education Technology Challenge
03.16.97 - New Florida private school promises a computer at every desk
02.23.97 - IBM expands commitment to reinventing education
SCHOOLS
vouchers
09.21.97 - Survey: Most parents happy with school vouchers
SCHOOLS
trends
05.18.97 - Note-taking service alarms some professors
SELF ESTEEM
03.16.97 - John Rosemond explains the difference between self-esteem and self-respect
09.01.96 - John Rosemond says promoting self-esteem promotes the problems self-esteem is supposed to cure
SEX EDUCATION
06.08.97 - Promote prevention, not an AIDS vaccine
05.04.97 - 12 honored for fighting teen-age pregnancy
04.27.97 - sex education program at Brookfield High School
03.23.97 - UCSF Launches Website "HIV InSite," A Comprehensive Online Gateway to AIDS Knowledge
03.16.97 - Television series alerts parents to importance of talking with their teens about sex
03.09.97 - U.S. pays states cutting unwed-mom births
03.02.97 - State of California to spend millions on campaign to curb teen and unwed pregnancies
SMOKING
(see substance abuse)
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
09.21.97 - Dare to make waves: Not everyone pleased with anti-drug program results
09.21.97 - Angry parents seek to remove candy resembling drugs
06.08.97 - Views on drug rehabilitation
05.25.97 - Students see MADD effects of poor choices
05.25.97 - Living with the highs and lows of heroin
05.25.97 - Notre Dame student goes from drug dealer to graduate
05.18.97 - Teen drug and alcohol abuse may follow depression
04.27.97 - Teen smoking rate continues up
04.27.97 - Hard-core addicts turn lives around; stay `clean and sober'
04.20.97 - Chris Powell on the drugs - the law enforcement and public health views
04.20.97 - Bill allowing teatment over imprisonment for drug offenders heads to Senate
04.20.97 - Why Adolescents Should Not Use Alcohol At All!
04.20.97 - Because we all care - Stop underage drinking
04.20.97 - Alcohol: Drug of choice for teenagers
04.20.97 - A parents guide to alcohol and teens
04.20.97 - Teens driven to help peers get safe ride home
04.20.97 - Project Graduation
04.20.97 - Campaign against drunk driving targets adults
04.20.97 - Underage drinking: Good parenting may be best way to solve the problem
04.13.97 - Keeping Youth From Abusing Alcohol - The French paradox
04.13.97 - Kids Drink, Use
Drugs to Cope: Peer Pressure Actually Less of a Factor
in Teen Drinking Than Parents Think
04.06.97 - Teenagers and Drug Use: What You Should Know
04.02.97 - Trying news tactics against drugs in Connecticut wouldn't be 'surrender'
03.30.97 - R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co statement onWall Street Journal report on FTC's consideration of Joe Camel
03.23.97 - Why Nation's Newest Drug Policy Won't Work
03.16.97 - New study reveals marijuana is number one drug of choice for teen addicts
03.16.97 - Congresswoman Nancy Johnson partners with The Century Council to educate teens about drinking and driving
03.09.97 - Alcohol and tobacco firms selling to youths via Internet, report warns
03.09.97 - Poll finds parents overestimate communication with kids on drugs
03.02.97 - State trade groups pledge to continue to prevent access to tobacco products
02.23.97 - Hospital tries to curb teen "reckless behavior"
02.23.97 - Small retailers call for common sense approach to youth smoking
02.16.97 - Parents reach out to help local teens
SUICIDE
03.23.97 - Boys' suicides part of national trend among younger teens
SUMMER CAMP
03.02.97 - Kiddie Camps: Are We Having Fun Yet?