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Education Funding Reform Long Overdue in Alabama

Education Funding Reform Long Overdue in Alabama Proration, Proration, Proration.” They’re playing that old, familiar song these days in Montgomery, Ala., accompanied by a symphony of complaints, arguments and accusations. But there’s a new twist in the latest version of the old song. Last year, a circuit court judge abruptly informed the executive and legislative branches […]

January 2, 2002

House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 Pact

House, Senate Forge Final Agreement on K-12 PactBill has ambitious ideas, but limited funding, critics sayAfter months of debate and lingering opposition among some experts, House and Senate negotiators forged a final agreement on a bill to improve the nation’s K-12 education pipeline through more testing as well as increased aid for disadvantaged schools.Republicans and […]

January 2, 2002

Education Reform Package Faces Criticism

Education Reform Package Faces CriticismLawmakers concerned about decrease in education spendingThe K-12 education reform package — the subject of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill — is beginning to draw concern from a variety of education advocates, including African American lawmakers.As House and Senate members move toward a final package, some advocates have concerns that the […]

December 19, 2001

Policy Report on E-Rate Released

Policy Report on E-Rate ReleasedWASHINGTONOver the past 10 years, the United States has invested $38 billion to bring technology and Internet connectivity to America’s K-12 schools. E-Rate telecommunications discounts are estimated to have resulted in a $10 billion infusion of critical resources, according to an upcoming report on the federal E-rate program. The new report, […]

December 5, 2001

Hal Tatakallam al-Lugha al-Arabiya?

Hal Tatakallam al-Lugha al-Arabiya?(Do You Speak Arabic?)Habla Español? Parlez-vous Francais? Hal tatakallam al-lugha al-Arabiya? Most Americans have to answer “no.” Never mind the more esoteric questions.We don’t speak Spanish or French or Arabic, and we aren’t trying to master those languages. We are speaking English, broken, Ebonic, fractured. We are clinging to our national origin. […]

November 21, 2001

A Focus on Physics

A Focus on PhysicsToo few African American students are choosing physics as an area of study, say Black educatorsBy Ronald RoachPETERSBURG, Va.r. James Davenport takes a great deal of pride in having taught hundreds of students who have graduated from Virginia State University with bachelor’s degrees in physics. Among graduates of the college physics program […]

September 12, 2001

No Appointment in Sight for U.S. Higher Education Post

No Appointment in Sight for U.S. Higher Education PostLack of action draws increased concern among higher education officials.By Charles DervaricsWith the start of the 2001-2002 academic year just under way, the U.S. Department of Education is still without an assistant secretary responsible for higher education policy. The Bush administration has no timetable for filling the […]

September 12, 2001

Faculty & Staff

What’s Happening to the PUBLIC in Public Education?

What’s Happening to the PUBLIC in Public Education?Students feel the effects of tuition hikes as legislative tax-cutting sprees send the nation’s public colleges and universities jockeying for funding. By Page Boinest MeltonForget unemployment, income and housing starts as leading economic indicators. America’s public colleges and universities — among the first to feel the effects of […]

August 29, 2001

House Approves Math/Science Bill with New Aid

House Approves Math/Science Bill with New AidNational Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act attracts bipartisan support.Students of color may gain access to high-quality math and science programs under legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives approved before the August recess. The National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act has attracted bipartisan support by including recommendations from a […]

August 29, 2001

Amendment Seeks ‘Comparable’ Education for Rich, Poor Students

Amendment Seeks ‘Comparable’ Education for Rich, Poor Students Connecticut senator’s plan focuses on education funding inequitiesFor many civil rights advocates, debate on the Bush education reform plan has boiled down to one central issue — whether all children, rich and poor, within a state can have equal educational opportunity.The issue appears simple on the surface […]

July 4, 2001

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Gains Congressional Support

Bush’s Education Reform Plan Gains Congressional SupportSome proposed changes to education bill from CBC members were rejected Education reform bills gaining ground in Congress may affect virtually all areas of school policy, from K-12 through higher education.The chief vehicle is H.R. 1, a plan from House Republicans and the Bush administration that has attracted support […]

June 20, 2001

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants

HBCUs Propose Increasing Title III Grants A new proposal before Congress would ensure that individual historically Black colleges and universities receive at least $1 million each for undergraduate programs under Title III of the Higher Education Act.The plan is part of a series of increases HBCUs are recommending to Congress for fiscal 2002, which begins […]

May 23, 2001

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