June 1, 1983
Two other organizations, the Educational Testing Service (ets) and the National Association for Equal Opportunity, will serve as co-sponsors, according to aacte.
Nominations from each state will be entered in one of 10 regional competitions for the Secretary's Award for Outstanding Vocational Education Programs. A review team from the department's regional offices will visit the schools of each program nominated before the end of the school year.
Despite an indignant editorial in The New York Times, neither the New York City Board of Education nor the city's Bureau of Traffic Operations is about to launch any massive campaigns to combat the practice of tossing pairs of sneakers over traffic lights in the city.
According to staff members on the Subcommittee on the Constitution, several senators on the panel would like to modify the language of the proposal, SJ Res. 73, in a manner that would allow silent prayer and equal access to school property for student religious groups.
Reporting requirements for Colorado's private schools have not been extensive in the past, according to Patricia Burger, a legislative analyst in the state education department.
Of the 77 computer-owning Stanford families surveyed, 56 percent reported no change in television-viewing habits. But 40 percent said they had reduced their television-viewing time by 1.5 hours a day.
Following is the text of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the cases Bob Jones University v. U.S. and Goldsboro Christian Schools v. U.S., in which the Court upheld rulings by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The entire texts of the majority opinion by Chief Justice Burger and the dissenting opinion by Associate Justice Rehnquist are included; the concurring opinion by Associate Justice Powell has been excerpted. In the pages that follow, single asterisks in brackets, [
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"If we have $30 million [the estimated cost of the salary increases], it should go to the children," Mr. Alexander said in a statement. ''Thirty million would pay for the first-year costs for the entire Better Schools Program."
The vote came after more than two hours of debate, which included strong criticism of the measure by some community members. During a comment period that preceded the vote, the board received 3,400 letters opposing the change, and about 100 in favor of it, according to Kenneth Muir, a spokesman for the district. Most of the criticism suggested that, by adding the material, the school district would be showing students how to use contraceptives.
With only one dissenting vote, the seven-member board voted not to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency's chapter on survival after a nuclear attack because it implies that nuclear war is less destructive than the board views it to be. The chapter is included in a recommended curriculum on emergency and disaster planning.
"We're really thrilled," said a district spokesman, adding that the new consortium will raise the district's tax base and bring students of "high motivation" into the schools.
About 80 percent of the teachers surveyed by the National School Volunteer Program said they thought that volunteers improved the academic growth of students. About 94 percent of the teachers said the volunteers improved the social development of their students.
With a few precincts still uncounted, Lt. Gov. Martha Layne Collins held a slim lead over Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane, the candidate endorsed by the Kentucky Education Association in last Tuesday's primary election. Dr. Grady Stumbo, state secretary of human resources, ran a close third.