In an effort to help prevent the deterioration of state health education programs, this discussion recounts major events leading to the present state of health education in New York. (MM)

The Improving America's Schools Act (the new Title I) is changing the way public school performance is evaluated. The IASA clearly places responsibility for standards and assessments with states. Standards-based assessment assesses students against high, specific standards, determines adequate yearly progress, and demands an accurate…

Reviews recent federal policy alignment initiatives, discussing the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) grants program and noting North Carolina's general policy environment. Uses evaluation data from North Carolina schools receiving CSRD grants to suggest that initial school efforts are marked by two significant absences: the absence…

Describes several projects aimed at building the Information Commons, including: Knowledge Conservancy plans to create a database of all freely available digitized content; the Universal Library, a project with the long-term goal of providing free, online access to all books; and several projects of the Creative Commons intended to build a robust…

Discusses first case to challenge an employer's failure to provide contraceptive coverage to women working in private educational institutions as discriminatory, as well as proposed legislation involving contraceptive coverage. Explores several alternatives legislators must consider when deciding whether to implement such legislation, including…

Discusses the 1857 Scott v. Sanford decision, which stated that blacks were "so far inferior that they had no rights which whites were bound to respect" and declared unconstitutional Congressional actions barring slavery in new states. Examines whether the social revolution and institutional reforms following the Civil War have had an impact on…

The article reviews the judicial history of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, from 1975 to 1989. Topics addressed by the courts have included law definition, attorneys' fees, tuition recovery, related services, exclusion from school, benefit as a standard, and state versus federal standards. (DB)

The author reviews the passage of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and interpretations and policies that have been derived from this act. Problems that have arisen from the application of the act are discussed. (CH)

State and federal budget cuts make it increasingly important for child welfare organizations to influence policy development. Accurate knowledge of legislators' beliefs about child welfare issues allows agencies and advocacy groups to develop positive means of promoting positive legislation. (SAK)

This article briefly sketches the background and outcomes of national legislation to eliminate sex discrimination in sports at educational institutions. It calls upon those involved in women's athletics to work towards realizing the goal of bringing equal opportunity to girls and women in sports. (IAH)

Analyzes how a California suburban school district has responded to over 30 years of federal and state mandates. Examines responses at the district office and individual school sites. The policy "conversation" represented by Redwood City's behavior seems a more likely course of educational policy progression than a more ambitious…

Looks at labor legislation enacted by states in 1993 in terms of wages, family issues, child labor, equal employment opportunity, employee drug and alcohol testing, employee leasing, resident preference, and whistleblowers. (JOW)

Describes how students at a California high school developed and wrote a bill, currently being carried in the state legislature by the students' state assemblywoman, which would make multicultural studies a graduation requirement. (SR)

This article argues that merely discrediting No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is no more worthy an undertaking than any other manifestation of negative politics. Instead, show the community leaders the goals and measures the faculty came up with and get them to accept those goals and measures as short term alternatives to NCLB. And then, the piece de…

In this article, Bobby Ann Starnes, discusses cheating in the classroom and in the political world. She uses specific examples from her own school experiences and from president Bush's "Texas Miracle." She discusses what students consider as real needs for cheating, which include students staying eligible for sports or membership in…