October 5, 1983

Education Week, Vol. 03, Issue 05
Education District News Roundup
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the Port Huron Area School District must offer a male physical-education teacher a position as instructor for a girls' gym class.

The district had established a policy of "same sex" instructors for physical-education classes after it was forced to eliminate all teacher-aide positions. Larry Grinder, a physical-education teacher with seniority, was laid off and then rehired for another position.

October 5, 1983
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Education People News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month awarded 16-year-old Marnie Kleven from Cook, Minn., a certificate of appreciation for a peer-education program she developed to help combat drunk driving.

Ms. Kleven also has been named National Home Economics Student of the Year and has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship from Chesebrough-Ponds Inc., for her work against drinking and driving.

October 5, 1983
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Education Congress Approves Funding Measure To Keep Federal Programs Running
The Congress, racing against a midnight deadline last Friday, was expected to pass a temporary spending measure that would ensure continued funding for the Education Department and most other federal agencies through Nov. 15.
Tom Mirga, October 5, 1983
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters To The Editor
Your recent article, "New Immigrants Swell Enrollments in Texas Border Towns," (Education Week, Aug. 31, 1983) includes some questionable information.

The article states that "a new junior high school stood half-built and empty because the district did not have money to complete it." This is erroneous and misleading information. Not only have we not yet begun to build, we haven't even bought the land yet. I told your reporter that we have the funds to build the school half way, not complete it.

October 5, 1983
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Education Opinion Has the U.S. 'Overinvested' in College?
An enormous outcry has greeted the Reagan Administration's attempts to cut back federal subsidies to college education.
Warren C. Robinson, October 5, 1983
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Education Opinion Improving Science Education: 'Beware of Tunnel Vision'
Gloomy returns from many inquiries into the general condition of science education continue to come in.
Daniel S. Greenberg, October 5, 1983
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