November 2, 1983

Education Week, Vol. 03, Issue 09
Education The Growing Day-Care Business
Today, more than 22,000 day-care centers are in operation nationwide. Most are small agencies on tight budgets that provide services for about 80 to 100 children at an average cost to parents of around $50 to $60 per week, according to Richard Ruopp, president of Bank Street College of Education.

A few have become giant corporate chains. Kindercare, a firm based in Montgomery, Ala., provides day-care services for 60,000 children at some 800 centers in 39 states and Canada, according to Ann Mascari, the corporation's public-relations director. The company was founded in 1969 at a cost of $200,000 and now has operating revenues of $116 million. Last year, Kindercare reported a net profit of $6.5 million.

November 2, 1983
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Education Bell Urges Continued Support of Tax-Credit Bill
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell last week advised a group of private-school officials not to seek substantive changes in the Reagan Administration's tuition-tax-credit proposal.
Tom Mirga, November 2, 1983
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School & District Management $1.7-Million High-School Reform Effort Launched
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Atlantic Richfield Foundation, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals last week inaugurated a $1.7-million grants program to improve the quality of instruction and administration in U.S. high schools.
Tom Mirga, November 2, 1983
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Education Increasing Standards Called Essential In Improving Schooling of All Pupils
Schools cannot make significant improvements until they boost standards for children of all social and educational backgrounds and increase the involvement of business in their operation, said educators meeting here last week.
Charlie Euchner, November 2, 1983
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Education Funding E.D. Seeks 1985 Budget Increase To Fund Reforms
In a sharp reversal of policy, the U.S. Education Department has called for a substantial increase in federal education spending.
Thomas Toch, November 2, 1983
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Ed-Tech Policy Computers Raise New Issues For School Administrators
Seven years ago, Fort Wayne, Ind., school officials arranged for a high-school geometry class to use the computer at a nearby university, thereby signaling the district's entrance into the era of computer teaching.
Nancy Paulu, November 2, 1983
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Education Opinion Students and Teachers v. School
The burgeoning amount of litigation being brought by teachers and students against school districts and their administrators has not gotten much attention in the press.
Ivan B. Gluckman, November 2, 1983
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Education Opinion Industry Must Lead the Fight To Improve Technological Literacy
Business and industry must lead the way in bringing about needed improvements in the scientific and technological literacy of our youth.
William C. Missimer Jr., November 2, 1983
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor
Representative Williams, Democrat of Montana, is the House sponsor of the bill calling for the national summit conference on education.

Many of us, both within and outside the Congress, believe that now is the precise time to begin preparation for a national summit conference on education. In a recent article ("Bell Schedules E.D.'s Summit; Congress Considers Another, Education Week, Oct. 19, 1983), the summit legislation was compared with Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell's "national forum." The article accurately reflected the Administration's concern about our legislation. However, there are some additional, explanatory points you might find interesting.

November 2, 1983
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