November 16, 1988

Education Week, Vol. 08, Issue 11
Education Opinion The Promise of Restructuring For Special Ed.
The movement to reform schools by "restructuring" them provides a context for examining why, after two years of debate, the U.S. Education Department's ''regular-education initiative" has done little to change the placement and type of schooling provided for the majority of handicapped children.
Randy Schenkat, November 16, 1988
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Education Study Cites 'Exemplary' Programs Against AIDS
Aids-prevention programs need to address adolescents in ways that young people can easily understand, a new government study concludes.
Ellen Flax, November 16, 1988
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Education Asian Students Swell St. Paul Schools
Asian students have become the largest minority group in the St. Paul Public Schools, exceeding the number of black students for the first time.

Officials of the Minnesota district report that Asian enrollment increased by 600 this year, bringing the number of Asian students in the district to 4,884 out of a total enrollment of 32,962.

November 16, 1988
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Education Lyceum for Logophiles
At Venice (Calif.) High School, lexicographical disquisitions are a quotidian occurrence among matriculants.

That is, when students and teachers wear their "Have You Used Your Word of the Day?" pins, they know what they are talking about.

November 16, 1988
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