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Fw: EdWeek Update, Dec. 1, 2004
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Julian Goh
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Dec 01, 2004 00:17 PST
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by Julian
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Dec. 1, 2004
In This Issue:
* Top Stories
* Talkback: Reauthorization of IDEA
* The Daily News
* Chat Transcript: When Schools Meet the Press
* What's New on the New edweek.org?
* Jobs
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TOP STORIES
The Dec. 1, 2004, issue of EDUCATION WEEK is now online.
Read these and other stories at:
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NCLB Law Bestows Bounty on Test Industry
The No Child Left Behind Act has spawned new opportunities-and
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challenges-for an increasingly diverse testing industry.
nearly a decade under the catchall spending plan approved by the
Republican-controlled Congress in a lame-duck session.
likely to intensify with approaching federal requirements on states to test
students in science and for instructors to become "highly qualified" in the
subjects they teach.
of President Bush's new term are expected to result in an exodus and a
reshuffling of high-ranking personnel at the Department of Education.
years is getting guarded approval from education officials and advocacy
groups.
Paige, some school choice advocates are worried that their cause will get
crowded out in President Bush's second term by a heightened focus on
test-based accountability.
charter school students there were less likely to meet state achievement
targets than children in regular public schools.
Act out of the way, Congress in its next term is expected to finally get
around to renewing three other major education measures: the Higher
Education Act, the Head Start preschool program, and the main federal law on
vocational education.
teachers were certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards scored slightly higher than other students on a Florida
mathematics exam, a study finds.
jobs, and not for how many years they've been in them, is whipping up plenty
of talk in statehouses and at policy get-togethers.
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TALKBACK
This week's topic: Reauthorization of IDEA
Congress has approved legislation that reauthorizes the Individuals with
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Disabilities Education Act, the main federal special education law. The
reauthorized IDEA seeks to redress numerous complaints about the law.
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Tell us what you think about how the law will help or hurt special
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education teachers and students:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/30/MNGVNA3PE11.DTL
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Schools' Ban on Junk Food Takes Bite out of Budgets
The Seattle Times: November 26.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002101174_junkfood26m.html
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Internet Aid to Schools Flowing Again
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch: November 24.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCHOOLS_INTERNET?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=US
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1101209003130
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