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Deals with the research on how teachers could debunk children's mistaken ideas about the world. Suggestion of Peter Hewson, a professor of science education at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison, Wisconsin; Techniques recommended by Leona Schauble, a UW-Madison educational psychologist; Reason for rejecting the term misconception and its examples. INSET: Findings.

Focuses on the mathematics teaching methodology known as Cognitively Guided Instruction, developed by Thomas Carpenter, Elizabeth Fennema and their colleagues at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Similarities in the way children come to understand mathematics; Cognitive approach's potential in the classroom; Comparison with traditional teaching methods.

Offers news briefs pertaining to education in the United States for February 13, 2002. Number of students at risk from toxic waste sites near their schools, according to a report from the Center for Health Environment Justice; Finding that the class-size reduction program in Wisconsin resulted in higher academic achievement for poor children; Positive impact of desegregated schooling in a Cambridge, Massachusetts high school; Survey of hate crimes in Massachusetts; Study by Judith A. Langer, a researcher at the State University of New York at Albany, on teaching English and literature by connecting with the experiences of students.

The article reports that Wisconsin governor Tommy G. Thompson has advanced a proposal to break up Milwaukee public school-system into four or more separate school districts. The proposal would limit enrollment in every school district in the state to 25,000 students, beginning in 1993. Thompson said that his newest proposal stems from frustration with the city school system. This plan has generated strong opposition from officials of state education department and the Milwaukee district, who called it a simplistic solution to the complex problems being faced by that school system.

The article provides information on the teaching techniques, services and facilities being offered by Frederick J. Gaenslen School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for handicapped students. Aside from having large elevators which can accommodate many students in wheelchairs, it comes equipped with handrails along its corridors, color coded hallway and cantilevered blackboards. There are shallow pools for hydrotherapy and the stoves in the home-economies classrooms have controls reachable by wheelchair-bound students.

The article reports on the agreement of state officials in Wisconsin to delay the implementation of the learnfare program that requires teenage members of welfare families to attend school or risk losing state aid. The purpose of the program is cited. The reason for the delay is given. The controversy caused by the creative use by Governor Tommy Thompson of his line-item veto authority to cross out the law's restrictions governing the new program is discussed.

Reports on the controversy over shrinking class sizes in Wisconsin. Disagreement by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Inc. with a study evaluating a state program to provide poor children with smaller classes; Finding that students in smaller classes scored better on standardized reading and mathematics tests.

Indicates that the debate over the value of school voucher programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Cleveland, Ohio has focused on comparisons of standardized-test scores. Survey of Public Policy Forum, a non-profit Milwaukee group, asking parents of what information they would like to have in school selection for their children; Results of the survey.

The article reports on the proposal by Governor Tommy G. Thompson to freeze local property-tax rates from school boards and administrators in Wisconsin. The proposed freeze calls for holding local property tax rates to 1992 levels for all but the lowest spending 10 percent of school districts. The proposal is expected to reduce revenues for districts that have keep property-tax-rate increases low.

The article reports that Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson has a definition sketched out new welfare-reform measures focused at keeping poor, unwed teenage parents at home with their families and at the state's controversial Learnfare program. The new proposals are to restore the state's welfare system. The governor also proposed tougher penalties for welfare fraud and measures.

The article reports on the education reform plan that set up a statewide testing system facilitated by educators in Wisconsin. This plan would allow principals to revoke student work permits and provide incentives for longer school years. The plan avoids some of the controversial education proposals Governor Tommy G. Thompson had made.

The article reports that Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson used a record 457 vetoes to refashion a controversial state budget plan approved by the legislature. The legislative plan included $534 million in a variety of new taxes and a proposal designed to give taxpayers a break from high property taxes. Thompson also reconfigured a property-tax credit for owners of residential and commercial property.

The article reports that the Wisconsin lawmakers have approved a budget plan related to school spending in the state. Lawmakers have decided to bring the state share of school spending above 50 percent. However, governor Tommy G. Thompson has raised some objections to the $28-billion plan. Under the plan, the state would use lottery revenues, corporate-tax increases, a 10-cent increase in the cigarette tax, and other fee and tax increases to help pay for the new credit. The tax hikes would total an estimated $534 million.

The article focuses on a bill that would authorize private researchers to access confidential records of students in Wisconsin. Wisconsin law currently interdicts districts from allowing private researchers access to confidential school records. Such evaluations are now operated either by the districts themselves or by researchers from the state education department. An improved version of the bill was ratified by the Assembly last month and sent to the Senate. But the measure's sponsors have decided to drop the issue.

The article reports on the plans of a state panel to implement various educational change in Wisconsin. The school board is considering the expansion of the private school choice plan for Milwaukee students, encouragement of public school open enrollment and require every five-year-old to attend kindergarten.

The article reports on the rejection of Circuit Court Judge Susan Steingass to a challenge to the new school-choice program in Wisconsin. She ruled that the state education department could not require participating private schools to provide the same services for disabled students that public systems do.

The article reports on Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Herbert J. Grover's call on the legislature to base state aid on average-daily attendance figures instead of the twice-a-year count. According to Grover such a system might encourage school officials to make an effort of keeping students at school throughout the year. School attendance determines how much state aid each district will receive encouraging dishonesty among school principals.

The article reports on the proposal by the Wisconsin legislature of a bill that would allow teachers form private practices and contract with schools for their services. According to Senn Brown, a lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, this would be similar to the private-practice firms which would provide schools with a mechanism for ensuring accountability. However, several critics opposed to the proposal, claiming that the measure is attempting to help schools cut costs.

The article reports on Wisconsin legislature's rejection of a proposal, which will supposedly create an autonomous, mostly African American, school district within the city of Milwaukee in 1988. Despite the rejection, proponents of the measure still insist that the educational concerns that spawned the idea still must be addressed. The proponents of the measure expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of education for African American children in the city's poorest inner-city neighborhoods.

The article offers information on special education in the United States. Vanderbilt University professors Douglas and Lynn Fuchs found that certain testing situations are inherently biased against children who are handicapped, poor or Hispanic. A measure that would restrict the use of aversive therapy in public and private schools is being considered by California lawmakers. An early-morning, problem-solving meeting was organized by Robert J. Kinderman at Spooner High School in Wisconsin.

The article reports that Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson has proposed an experimental parental choice plan to provide the parents of some of Milwaukee's most disadvantaged students with the way to send their children to any public, private or sectarian school they choose. The plan is similar with compensatory-education vouchers unsuccessfully pushed by President Ronald Reagan Administration in 1986. If the plan is adopted, the state would be the first to test the concept on a broad basis.

The article reports that Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson approved a set of proposals seeking to increase the state's share of collegiate-education spending and calls for a reduction in property taxes. Thompson's decision was prompted by growing resentment over rising property-tax levies. Public school cost account for more than half of local property-tax bills.

The article reports on the approval of an increased education budget by Governor Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin. The governor approved the increase from $1.39 billion to $1.52 billion for the 1987-1988 fiscal year. The increase reflects the effort of Thompson to reduce the reliance of the state on local property taxes as a source of school revenues.