November 23, 1988
"The language used in the official report and the language used during the press conference was filled with the doublespeak of omission, distortion, contradiction, and misdirection," said William D. Lutz, chairman of the ncte's committee on public doublespeak.
Annual giving reached a peak of $4.6 billion in 1986 and 1987, according to the study, "Corporate Contributions in an Era of Restructuring." But based on a series of workshops with chief executives and business specialists from Fortune 1,000 companies, the report predicted "no dramatic growth or drop on the horizon."
Judge Heaney, of Duluth, Minn., will turn 71 in January. In his new position as a senior judge, he will handle a reduced caseload.
Focusing on everyday activities in the home, she suggests strategies for teaching 10 basic skills: confidence, motivation, effort, responsibility, initiative, perseverance, caring, teamwork, common sense, and problem solving.
The report examined the levels of volatile organic compounds in a school and nine other buildings. It discovered that every pollutant studied, with the exception of benzene, was present at higher levels indoors than outdoors.
Plans for Vermont's first statewide assessment were unveiled last month by Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills. The proposal, the first of its kind to be adopted by a state, has been praised by national experts and local teachers, principals, and administrators. (See Education Week, Oct. 26, 1988.)
Last year, the legislature rejected the Governor's controversial proposal to allow the parents of 1,000 students in the state's largest city to enroll their children in any public, private, or sectarian school. Parents would have received--and public schools whose enrollment declined would have lost--payments equal to the state's per-pupil contribution for those children.
Some observers think Mr. Bush will allow Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos to retain his post next year. They cite Mr. Bush's promise to have a Hispanic in his Cabinet, Mr. Cavazos' efforts on behalf of the Bush campaign, and reports that Mr. Bush was involved in the selection of Mr. Cavazos earlier this year.
The action followed a suit against the district by the National Indian Youth Council of Albuquerque, N.M. The group had charged in federal court that an Arizona law requiring the at-large election of school-board members violated the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
The regulation, announced by Secretary of Transportation James J. Burnley 4th on Nov. 14, would force private firms and local mass-transit agencies to suspend workers whose urine contains traces of opiates, marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, or phencyclidine (pcp).
Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has directed his department to come up with proposals by Dec. 15 for toughening laws governing private schools. He also said he would urge the state board of education to revise regulations governing state approval of such institutions.
Mr. Sundlun's campaign, however, had little time and apparently little incentive to play up the incident. DiPrete campaign workers, it turns out, had caught two Sundlun workers ripping up DiPrete posters about an hour before the Governor's son was apprehended.