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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1971
Page
4
The University of Iowa aims to revise its teacher education program to stress student practice teaching. Stuart Gray assistant dean of the college of education commented on the planned changes.
U I plans a semester long practice teaching term with early classroom exposure for sophomores. The program moves student teachers into instructional roles sooner, replacing the senior year only start. It aims to give broader experiences and reduce long commutes, with pass fail grading to standardize evaluations.
The Cedar Rapids Community School District contracts with eight colleges including the University of Iowa, Mount Mercy, Coe, Iowa Wesleyan, Upper Iowa, Cornell and Iowa State to place practice teachers. About 50 to 100 trainees enter the program yearly as districts vary in numbers. Officials say practice teaching cannot fully replace traditional teacher prep and the new emphasis aims to improve, not finish, teacher quality.
A six month old golden eagle found starving near Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge was nursed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers Walter and Sally Spofford. After weeks of rich meals the eagle was transported to Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina and released on a mountain crag after Interior Department approval.
The Cedar Rapids Marion chapter of the National Assn of Accountants will hold its annual membership meeting Tuesday at the Montrose hotel with an afternoon session at 3 and an evening session at 6 plus a social hour and dinner. Henry T Madden and Chad A Wymer will speak on local industrial growth topics.
About 2,000 MSPCA supporters paid 2.37 for a 1971 calendar and discovered errors listing February 31, April 29, June 31 and September 31. President David S. Claflin found the April 30 entry missing, blaming an unnamed printer for the mistakes.
The U S command says 150 more installations will be turned over to South Vietnam under Vietnamization. Over 100 have already been transferred, mostly army unit base camps and small cantonments. Original cost of these facilities was about 60 million dollars, with many built to austere standards and a five year life. Most future turnovers will involve army, navy, Marine, and air force facilities as U S troops withdraw. The 3rd Marine Amphibious Force and 1st Marine Division at Da Nang are set to depart by June, with their HQ camps likely handed to Saigon.
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