February 20, 1985

Education Week, Vol. 04, Issue 22
Education News Updates
Two service clubs at a Massachusetts high school will continue to operate separately, but membership in each will soon be open to both sexes following a vote of club members.

The new membership policies are intended to resolve a dispute at Longmeadow High School over access to the school's Key and Keyette clubs, which until now have been re-stricted to males and females, respectively.

February 20, 1985
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Education The Americanization of Mary Poppins
"When you say, 'Nanny,' the first thing that pops into people's minds is Mary Poppins," observes Mary W. Mackie. "The second thing that pops into their minds is some starchy, stiff lady who raises children."

But Ms. Mackie, who is the director of The Nanny School in Philadelphia, said the old-fashioned concept of the nanny, a European tradition dating from the Edwardian era, is undergoing an Americanization.

February 20, 1985
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Education Politics of Change
Change has been a historic necessity, yet it does not come easily in Japan's careful, detail-conscious democracy.
Sheppard Ranbom, February 20, 1985
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Education Outcasts
I learned from Ms. I. what can happen when one challenges the sanctity of the traditional values so revered in Japan.

Ms. I. is a retired physics teacher from Wakayama province who spends much of her free time volunteering in civil-rights activities. When I visited her, she was busy organizing an inservice seminar for Osaka teachers on the topic of minorities in education.

February 20, 1985
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Education A History of Learning
As viewers of the television mini-series Shogun learned, Japan's first taste of European culture was bittersweet.
Sheppard Ranbom, February 20, 1985
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Education Harnessing Education for Growth
To absorb the full splendor of Japan's rise as an economic superpower--and the role that education has played in that rise--requires an appreciation of how far, how quickly, and with how few resources the Japanese have come.
Sheppard Ranbom, February 20, 1985
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Education 'Kyoiku Mama': Educating Offspring Is Full-Time Job
Japanese mothers are active teachers as well, and have a real curriculum for their preschool children: Games, teaching aids, ordinary activities are all focused on the child's development. There are counting games for very small babies, songs to help children learn new words, devices to focus the child's concentration.
February 20, 1985
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Education Opinion A Grassroots 'Counterrevolution'
Something important is happening out there, deep in the grassroots of our public schools.
Evans Clinchy, February 20, 1985
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