Analyzing the United States Supreme Court decision in "Mueller v. Allen" declaring that certain forms of tuition tax credit are not unconstitutional, the author points out that school administrators should monitor legislative activities and be active in state policymaking or the future may hold larger tax credits and direct financial…

This paper presents statistics which show that states in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) area lead the nation in teachers with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification. North Carolina, Florida, and South Carolina lead the nation in total number of NBPTS certified teachers. In the 2001-02 school year, 71…

This issue of the quarterly newsletter of the Center for Mental Health in Schools includes the following features and regular segments: (1) Diversity and Professional Competence in Schools... a Mental Health Perspective; (2) Diversity Competence Relevant to Mental Health in Schools: Eliminating Disparities in School Practices; (3) Where it's…

This document details regulations that govern the administration of kindergarten programs in Mississippi public school districts. The guidelines are prefaced by a list of members of the K-3 Reading Work Group, who reviewed the regulations; a list of six learning principles; and the state's kindergarten philosophy with nine accompanying goals. The…

This report describes lessons learned from the Broward Detention Initiative (BDI) in Broward County, Florida, a successful detention reform effort that led to attempts at replication. Chapter 1, "The Predecessor Program: The Broward Detention Initiative," explains key factors in BDI's success (e.g., the site was ready, problems were…

As governors and states seek to improve the responsiveness of postsecondary education, Kentucky's experience provides a powerful example of a systemic reform strategy. In 1997, Kentucky's governor proposed, and the General Assembly approved, the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act (House Bill 1), which reshaped the state system of public…

This issue of a monthly serial publication of the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP), which is available only online in PDF Format, examines efforts underway in Colorado, Maryland, and Montgomery County, Maryland to increase student achievement in reading (related to Goal 3 of the NEGP). After an overview, it discusses Colorado's efforts to…

According to a recent estimate, out of more than four million children between 4 and 6 years of age, less than half a million are enrolled in kindergartens. This condition may be attributed in general to a lack of knowledge of the practical, ethical, and social value of kindergarten education; to the expense of installing a system whose advantages…

Contends that a New York "voucher plan," intended to serve more children in need of special services, is being abused. (Author)

The state of Georgia has developed a community based alternative to institutionalization of the retarded. (Author/DB)

Southern statutes, with their dual nature of uniformity and diversity, were doubtlessly an essential source of law for the examination of complex legal relations between American Indians and Anglo Americans in the colonial South. (FF)

New Stringent State laws governing employee safety and health will place responsibility on employers, including schools. (Author)

Usage by New York State school districts of the Greenberg Law, which permits state aid to unusually handicapped children served by private schools, was studied to determine differences between high usage and low usage districts. (DB)

Federal support is in decline, and the future prospects are for further decline. The rise and fall of elites in this country will be determined in large by the choices of youth who accept or reject the opportunity to be educated. (Author/JN)