June 15, 1983

Education Week, Vol. 02, Issue 38
Education Reagan, Four Education Officials Meet; NEA Left Out of Talk on Teachers
President Reagan met for the first time in his Administration with officials from four principal public-education organizations last week, but the meeting was most notable for the absence of a representative of the nation's largest teachers' union.
Eileen White, June 15, 1983
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Education N.C. Assembly Considers School-Finance Shift
North Carolina's General Assembly is considering legislation that would shift much of the burden of school finance from the state to the local level.
Charlie Euchner, June 15, 1983
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Education Suspensions Rise In N.C. District
Suspension rates for Wake County, N.C., high-school students have increased by about 25 percent this year, school-board members were told last month. The district includes the city of Raleigh.

As of March 31, 1,336 high-school students had been suspended for disciplinary problems in the 1982-83 school year, compared to 1,066 students suspended as of March 31 of the previous school year, according to a report prepared by district officials.

June 15, 1983
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Special Education Special Education Column
Many class projects undertaken in college are forgotten almost immediately after they are graded.

But an exercise trail for handicapped people that was designed by two University of Florida students is likely to be remembered--and used--long after the two have graduated.

June 15, 1983
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Education Panel Urges Changes To Raise Quality In South's Schools
With merit-pay for outstanding teachers as one of its key recommendations, a task force of the Southern Regional Education Board has issued a 20-point program designed to foster further educational improvement in the region.
Susan Walton, June 15, 1983
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Education District News Roundup
U.S. District Judge Earl R. Larsen last week dismissed a 12-year-old school-desegregation lawsuit against the Minneapolis Public Schools and shifted oversight responsibilities for the school district's integration plan to the state.

The district's plan, which involves the busing of approximately two-thirds of the system's 38,000 students, was approved by Judge Larsen in June 1982. At that time, the district's officials asked the judge to remove himself from jurisdiction over the plan, but he decided instead to continue monitoring their efforts for at least one year.

June 15, 1983
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Education People News
Robert A. Finnell has been named president of the New York-based National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc.

Mr. Finnell, who replaced Lloyd M. Cooke this month, was executive director of Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), a California program designed to help prepare college-bound minority high-school students.

June 15, 1983
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Education E.D. 'Top-Heavy' With Managers; Too Centralized
A panel of business executives appointed by President Reagan to find ways of cutting government costs has concluded that the Education Department is "top-heavy" with managers and should be more decentralized to improve its efficiency and to help solve a serious morale problem among its junior staff members.
Tom Mirga, June 15, 1983
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Education Charlotte Plans 3-Level Track for Teachers
Tenure might be awarded after four, five, or six years, based on a teacher's abilities and special needs, according to the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg plan for probationary teachers. All would spend the first year as probationary teachers; in the second year, they would either continue as probationary teachers or be terminated; in the third year, they would have to move forward and become career nominees or be terminated; in the fourth year, they could move forward to career-candidate status, remain as career nominees, or be terminated; the fifth year, they could be awarded tenure, or could remain as career candidates, or be terminated; in the sixth year, they could receive tenure, remain career candidates, or be terminated; and in the seventh year, they would have to become tenured or be terminated.

Hope Aldrich, June 15, 1983
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Education Court Will Hear Affirmative-Action Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a lawsuit challenging the right of lower federal courts to order the city of Memphis to lay off senior white firefighters in order to protect the jobs of recently hired minority workers.
Tom Mirga, June 15, 1983
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Education Opinion The 'New and Emerging' Occupations Are Neither
In my studies of the American labor market over the last 35 years, I have constantly seen references to "new and emerging occupations." "High tech" is the buzz phrase of our times. "Where are the new and emerging occupations?" educators ask, and "Aren't these the jobs that we need to prepare young people for?"
Herbert Bienstock, June 15, 1983
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Education Opinion Why Do Those 'Clever Fools' Write Useless Texts?
There has been a great deal of recent public discussion about the need to improve the teaching of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools.
Michael Lindsay, June 15, 1983
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters To The Editor
We do not agree with many of the main points of your article on high-school athletics programs, "Schools Drop the Ball on Improving Fitness" (Education Week, April 6, 1983). Although our fitness program is probably not as good as we would like it to be, we certainly provide better programs than you suggest many schools do.

Our fitness-test records indicate that the fitness level of our students has improved over the past 10 years. This improvement has been accomplished through a program that offers a broad base of activity in all areas, a program that does not simply emphasize "fitness activities."

June 15, 1983
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