Southern regional report cites teacher education gaps
A year long study of 17 Southern universities finds teacher prep overemphasizes educating future teachers rather than subject area content. It notes USC Columbia and USC Aiken curricula show shifts toward requiring degrees in academic disciplines with teaching certification courses alongside.
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Southern Regional Education Board
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Usc-Aiken
Joseph Harm
Aiken
Columbia
Nancy Staley
USCA
Division of Education
Education Board
Usc-A
Harm
Nevetheless
South Carolina Higher Education Commission
Park the buses: end federal busing and rethink school integration
Guest editorial argues that federally ordered racial balance in school busing has failed and calls for ending mandatory busing. It supports Orrin Hatch SB 37 for voluntary transfers and to curb court-ordered assignments while noting polls show limited parental support for mandatory busing. The piece cites Thomas Sowell on civil rights approaches.
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Congress
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Thomas Sowell
Isoprinosine Delays Spur Overseas AIDS Patient Exodus
The essay argues the FDA repeatedly blocks isoprinosine despite international approval and clinical support. It cites studies showing immune stimulation and potential benefits for AIDS, encephalitis, and rheumatoid arthritis, and notes Americans seek the drug abroad while U.S. policy delays persist.
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Food and Drug Administration
Reagan Administration
FDA
USA
Journal of Rheumatology
International Journal of Immunopharmacology
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Upjohn
Reagan must deliver decisive action against plane hijackers
A column urges strong, in kind retaliation to the TWA plane hijacking. It argues President Reagan should act decisively to deter future terrorism, noting the attackers murdered passengers and warning that safety of Americans abroad requires forceful response.
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Carter
Iran
Ronald Reagan
TWA
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Tehran
Letters to the Editor Guidelines at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard accepts signed letters with a writer address and prefers typewritten submissions. Anonymous letters are not considered and legibility matters for handwritten notes. Letters may be edited for space clarity taste and libel.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
P. O. Box
Aiken, S. C
Supreme Court curbs SEC power over investment newsletters
The Supreme Court limited the SEC in a case over blocking Christopher Lowe from publishing his financial newsletter after a prior disbarment for fraud. The court said the agency overstepped its authority by treating personal advisory bans as a bar on impersonal commentary, preserving Lowe’s right to publish while affirming fraud penalties.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme Court
SEC
Wall Street
Christopher Lowe
Hay
Lowe
Congress
Appeals
Lowe’s
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Riley
Dick Riley
Medical University of South Carolina At
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Palm Beach
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