NEWS in BRIEF.

Authors :: Bradley, Ann
Brown, Hattie
Cavanagh, Sean
Hurst, Marianne D.
Gewertz, Catherine
Zehr, Mary Ann
Source :: Education Week. 3/19/2003, Vol. 22 Issue 27, p4. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: resents news briefs related to education in the U.S. as of March 19, 2003. Increase in amount spent by public school districts in the U.S. on school construction in 2001; Apology by school officials in Baltimore County, Maryland for ignoring the state's directions to read standardized-test questions to students with special needs; Description of financial crisis faced by the East Cleveland school district in Ohio.