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News & Views - September,
2001 Issue (page 1)
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EDUCATION RELATED SEED MONEY DRYING UP
(August 8, 2001) Eduventures.com reported: “Venture investments in education businesses have declined steadily since
a peak of just over $1 billion for the first quarter of 2000.” [more...]
CHANGING STATE RITALIN LAWS
(August 8, 2001) Connecticut and Minnesota just enacted laws that “are thought to be the nation’s first laws
to clarify that parents, not school districts, will have the final say on whether their children take drugs to control behavior.”
This ”gives parents the right to decide against giving their children stimulants such as Ritalin, without fear of losing custody
of the children under the states’ educational-neglect laws.” [more...]
850,000 HOMESCHOOLERS
(August 8, 2001) The federal National Center for Education Statistics estimates in 1999 there were 850,000 children
being primarily taught at home, about 1.7 percent of the school-age population. Some home-school advocates believe the numbers
are low since many home-schooling parents would not answer that kind of survey on philosophical grounds, and others might show as
something different depending on local laws and requirements. [more...]
SCHOOL VIOLENCE CYCLE
(August 10, 2001) A recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded, “School-
related killings occur most often just after students return from long summer or winter breaks.”
TEACHERS SWITCHING FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(August 12, 2001) The Houston Chronicle reports from throughout
the nation, as public schools change to meet criticisms and demand; their higher pay and benefits are attracting teachers from private
schools, threatening the viability of private schools.
ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS INCREASE ATTRACTIVENESS
(August 12, 2001) The Houston Chronicle reports that more
teens are turning to alternative high schools because of their flexibility, changing the image of alternative schools being only for
“bad kids.”
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