Tests Keep Blacks From Teaching
A black educator argues that rising use of standardized tests to qualify teachers and admit students to teacher training blocks Black participation. Asa G. Hilliard III at a Norfolk conference questions if tests prove students learn better from high scoring teachers. Virginia debates entrance and certification exams for teachers amid calls to improve teaching standards.
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Norfolk
Asa G. Hilliard III
Georgia State University
Hilliard
Norfolk State University
Virginia
Davies
State Board of Education
Mountain State Briefs Across West Virginia News
AP briefs report a missing five year old boy found dead in Sleepy Creek Hollow Dam near Hedgesville. Other items cover a fatal truck crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Marmet, coal storage facility plans near Glenhayes, a new trial date for a Huntington murder case, tornado damage at West Virginia University, a Virginia Tech insect study in southern West Virginia, and state Senator Sate Ward's failed primary bid.
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Hedgesville
W.va
Sleepy Creek Hollow
R.K. Jeffries
Martinsburg
Orville E. Alden
Woods
Jeffries
Marmet
Ohio
West Virginia Turnpike
State Medical Examiner's
Glenhayes
Columbia Coal Gasification Corp
Wayne County
George Billings
Billings
Morgantown
West Virginia University
WVU
Ed Smith
Tobacco Markets Opening Delayed Possible Says Helms
Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina asked to delay tobacco market opening to give federal agriculture officials more time to finalize a new tobacco program. Helms expects Senate action on July 14 after House bill approval, with amendments likely from Senator Eagleton.
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Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Federal Agriculture
Helms
Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Commitee
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Congress
Eagleton
George Dunlop
Agriculture
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Gene Krupa
Montgomery Ward
Kodak
Wards
Montgomery
Mountain State Briefs
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Cadiz
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Kanwha
Huntington
Columbus
Cabell County
Alfred Ferguson
Wilbert B. Mayle Jr
Mayle
Paul Harmon
Elkins
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Bobby Dean Stacy
Harmon
Mineral County
Stacy
VPI
Beckley
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
West Virginia
Reese Voshell
Voshell
Ward
Charleston
Sate Ward
D-Mingo
Secretary of State
Chamber
Mingo County
H. Truman Chafin
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Fuji Film
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