During the past year, Wisconsin state legislators debated a series of bills aimed at closing low-performing public schools and replacing them with privately run charter schools. These proposals were particularly targeted at Milwaukee, the state's largest and poorest school district. Ultimately, the only legislation enacted was a bill that modestly…

To clarify the New Jersey State Department of Education's compensatory education requirements, the Instruction Committee of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) submitted a list of 12 questions to the Department's Office of Compensatory Education. This article contains the Department's answers to 7 questions and the Instruction Committee's…

A national teachers union offers a program for educational improvement in urban schools, the More Effective Schools Project. The document presents the recommendations of the American Federation of Teachers on size of school and class, administration and supervision, and other professional matters. Proposals are also made for the areas of school…

THIS OUTLINE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZES THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT DURING 1966-67 AND PRESENTS THE PROPOSED PROJECTS AND COMPONENTS FOR 1967-68. THERE ARE PROPOSALS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN CENTERS, A PROJECT TO LOWER PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO AND CLASS SIZE IN PRIMARY GRADES, INSERVICE…