December 15, 1982

Education Week, Vol. 02, Issue 14
Education City News Roundup
Young Audiences, a nonprofit arts-education organization based in New York, has received a $616,000 grant from the Mobil Oil Corporation to start its 37th chapter in Washington, D.C.

The arts organization, now in its 30th year, will use the grant to bring performances of music, dance, and theater to elementary-school-age children. Chapter officials will work with the public schools, and with local arts groups.

December 15, 1982
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Education Publisher Sues Over 'Cheesy' Use of Textbook

Not everyone smiles when they hear the word "cheese."

Miffed at what it says is the unauthorized use of a photograph of its textbook in a "special offer" on a box of macaroni and cheese, a publisher is suing Kraft Inc. for trademark and copyright violations and unfair competition.

December 15, 1982
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Education State News Roundup
Four education organizations in Arizona, which have clashed often about issues ranging from teacher salaries to academic standards, have formed an organization to dispell what they see as the "shaky image" of public education.

The Arizona Forum for Public Education will meet in "non-adversary" settings to develop positions and lobby the public and the state governmment, said Joannne Hilde, president of the Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers.

December 15, 1982
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Education People News
Joseph E. Lutjeharms, deputy commissioner of education in Nebraska, has been selected to replace Anne Campbell as commissioner of education beginning Jan. 1.

Mr. Lutjeharms has been deputy commissioner for approximately five years. Prior to that he was a school superintendent in Cheyenne, Wyo.

December 15, 1982
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Education News Update
A federal district judge in Roanoke, Va., last week sentenced a 20-year-old college student to two years of unpaid voluntary service after finding that he had violated the terms of his parole by failing to register for the draft.

U.S. District Judge James Turk told the defendant, Enten Eller, that he could begin serving his sentence at a Veterans' Administration hospital or other suitable institution following his graduation from Bridgewater College, which is operated by the pacifist Church of the Bretheren.

December 15, 1982
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Education Scholars Question Assumptions About Training for 'High Tech'
Although schools and businesses are gearing up to train workers for highly specialized jobs in high-technology industries, the major demand for workers in the next decade will not be for computer scientists and engineers but for janitors, nurses' aides, sales clerks, cashiers, nurses, fast-food preparers, secretaries, truck drivers, and kitchen helpers, according to Henry M. Levin, a professor of economics and education at Stanford University.
Sheppard Ranbom, December 15, 1982
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Education Arkansas Panel Recommends Changes in Finance Formula
In response to a judge's finding that Arkansas' method of financing schools is unconstitutional, a specially appointed commission has recommended 24 measures to minimize inequalities between wealthy and poor districts.
Peggy Caldwell, December 15, 1982
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Education Vocational Education Too Narrow, Experts Say
St Louis--Vocational educators can no longer afford to train students for careers in one occupation only, because advances in technology are changing the nature of work in many occupations and making others obsolete, according to speakers at the American Vocational Association's conference here last week.
Susan G. Foster, December 15, 1982
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Education National News Roundup
Most juveniles tried in adult courts have generally not been charged with major offenses, and they are rarely imprisoned if found guilty, according to a recent study commissioned by the Justice Department.

More than 40 percent of the juveniles investigated in the study had been charged with property crimes, and another 23 on charges of public disorder or other minor offenses.

December 15, 1982
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English Learners E.D. Finds Bilingual Resources Low But Recommends Cuts of 25 Percent
Only one-third of the nation's 2.4 million children whose proficiency in English is limited participate in special programs to improve their language skills, according to the Education Department's annual report to the Congress on bilingual education.
Eileen White, December 15, 1982
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Education California Board Proposes New 'Model' Curriculum
As part of a larger movement to improve public education in California, a California State Board of Education committee has drafted a "model" academic curriculum for the state's public high-school students.
Alex Heard, December 15, 1982
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Education Civil-Rights Panel Attacks Reagan's Policy on Busing
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has accused the Reagan Administration of retreating from the goal of school desegregation in both its attempts to dismantle existing student-transportation plans and its attempts to eliminate programs for the disadvantaged "by the 'back-door' approach of fiscal strangulation."
Tom Mirga, December 15, 1982
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Education Education Commission of the States To Study Role of Schools in Economy
The Education Commission of the States (ecs) last week announced the formation of a task force to study the role of schools in the economy.
Charlie Euchner, December 15, 1982
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Education Unemployment's Youngest Victims
For decades, the Goodyear Tire Company's automobile production "tote board," which sits atop a building in a gritty industrial corridor where Interstates 94 and 75 cross, has been one of this city's most famous landmarks.
Tom Mirga, December 15, 1982
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Education Colleges Column
Colleges and universities, like the nation's schools, are coming under increasing pressure to establish ties with the business community to ensure that students receive an education that more nearly matches the present and future needs of the nation's work force.

William C. Norris, chairman and chief executive officer of Control Data Corporation, has called for partnerships between business and higher education to promote "more emphasis on technological literacy and on problem solving."

December 15, 1982
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Education N.C. Legislators Urge Changes in Governance And Consolidation Into Countywide Districts
With the 1983 legislative session approaching, a North Carolina legislative study committee has proposed substantial--and controversial--changes in the structure and governance of the state's public-education system.
Susan Walton, December 15, 1982
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Education Illinois Governor May Cut $42 Million From School Funds
Local school districts won one battle by a narrow margin and lost another in the Illinois General Assembly last week--heading off the potential loss of more than $600 million in property-tax revenue, but suffering the likely reduction of $42 million in state aid.
Don Sevener, December 15, 1982
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Education New School Code Fails Once More In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pa--The latest in nearly a decade of attempts to rewrite Pennsylvania's comprehensive school code went further this legislative session than in previous years, but the legislature adjourned without enacting any final changes.

The House of Representatives passed revisions to the code in September. But the ambitious task stalled when the General Assembly adjourned on Nov. 30, before the full Senate could consider the bill. Nonetheless, it was the first time since the early 1970's that a measure designed to update the 530-page, 1949 document reached the state senate.

December 15, 1982
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Education Cincinnati Remains An A.F.T. District; Others Face Ballots
Defeating the challenging union by a two-to-one margin, the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (cft) last week retained its right to represent the district's 3,100 teachers in collective-bargaining negotiations.
Susan Walton & Thomas Toch, December 15, 1982
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Education A District Learns To 'Debug' Its Curriculum
Scarsdale, N.Y.--Long considered one of the nation's best public-school systems, this suburban New York district introduced computers into its classrooms long before most school systems. And it is often cited as a model for integrating the new teaching capacity of the computer into the traditional curriculum.
Charlie Euchner, December 15, 1982
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Education 8 Civil-Rights Groups Object To O.C.R.'s Operating Plan
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and seven other prominent national civil-rights organizations have branded the Education Department's fiscal 1983 operating plan for its office for civil rights as "a fundamentally dishonest document" and "singularly devoid of specific information."
Tom Mirga, December 15, 1982
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Education Principals Advised To Be Selective About Links to Business
As the private sector becomes more involved in education--as both a source of funds and a source of expert advice--schools must resist the temptation to accept whatever businesses offer, a former superintendent of schools told those attending a meeting here last week on the role of business in the schools.
Charlie Euchner, December 15, 1982
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Education New Projects Suggest a Rise In Private-School Research
Following is a list of research efforts and surveys involving private schools. They range from projects already completed to those in the planning and fundraising stages.

Some information on private schools is being collected by Theodore R. Sizer and Arthur G. Powell for their large-scale assessment of public and private high schools, a project sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National Association of Independent Schools with grants from several foundations.

December 15, 1982
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Education 2 Studies of Minority Students In Private Schools Are Planned
The Council for American Private Education (cape) has announced its intention to sponsor a major study of black students' experiences in all types of private schools.
Alex Heard, December 15, 1982
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Education Senate Panel Approves Hike In Next Year's E.D. Spending
The Education Department would be funded at $15-billion for the 1983-84 school year, up $300 million from this year, under a bill passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week.
Eileen White, December 15, 1982
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor
Robert D. Myrick Professor of Education Counselor Education Department University of Florida Gainesville, Fla.

I read with interest Barbara Neufeld's "Making Passive Students Active" (Education Week, Nov. 10, 1982). Her remarks were directed to an important topic.

December 15, 1982
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Federal NIE During The Ford and Carter Years: The Struggle To Legitimize Educational Research
The establishment of the National Institute of Education has elevated educational research to the status of medical and scientific inquiry.
Eileen White, December 15, 1982
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Education Opinion Getting Better Teachers Into the Classroom:It's More Than a Matter of More Money
How to get better teachers? Pay more." That was the heading of one of Albert Shanker's recent "Where We Stand" columns. The question is persistent, and a great many people make that answer.
James Howard, December 15, 1982
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Education Opinion The Lessons of Japanese Productivity
We recently put the following question to an expert on Japan: "If you had to pick the one factor that is responsible for the extraordinarily high productivity of the Japanese people, what would that factor be?"
Eugene Epstein & Ira Gelb, December 15, 1982
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