Editorial: Teachers Unions Back Reforms After Restraint
The RAND study shows teachers unions in six states muted opposition to reforms after Bennett criticized them as obstructionist. While national groups shifted in 1983 85 local and state bodies embraced performance based pay and testing. The piece notes unions often compromise for students and questions Bennett stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Presidential Commission
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Rand Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Minnesota
Georgia
Arizona
California
Pennsylvania
Florida
Veto Keeps Down Tort Costs and Protects Rural Care
The governor Branstad vetoed the Legislature’s malpractice relief bill citing fiscal unsoundness and bad public policy while noting the need for a better approach to medical liability. Critics warn rural Iowans may face health care hardship without reform, urging a cap on damages like pain and suffering in future efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branstad
Terry Branstad
Towa
Senate
Bill Hutchins
Towans
Bennett report irks educators on education status in America
Secretary Bennett’s April overview draws broad brush criticisms of U.S. schools, prompting local educators in Linn Counties to defend their efforts. The piece notes urban failures, changing learner dynamics, and discipline clashes while highlighting Cedar Rapids districts’ recognitions as evidence of ongoing achievement despite nationwide challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
William Bennett
America
Linn
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Department of Education
Gazette
National Enquirer
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pierce
U.S. Department of Educaton
Letters to the Gazette about WMT and local museum visit
A Cedar Rapids reader praises WMT radio and TV figures from Bob Leefers to Ron Gonder, recalls the Hawkeye games with reduced sound, and urges a West Branch Hoover Museum visit featuring Rutherford B. Hayes chair and Grover Cleveland wedding cake. The note also mentions fourth graders visiting the Hoover Museum and expresses nostalgia and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
Reagan
Bob Leefers
Dean Landsear
Howdy Roberts
Chuck Worcester
Bob Nance
Rich Balvant
Oxford Junction
Howdy
Jerry Carr
Iowa
Hawk Eye
Hawkeye
Frosty Mitchell
KCRG
Ron Gonder
Ron
Johnson School
Hoover Museum
West Branch
Cedar Rapids
Rutherford B. Hayes
Seth Kinnan
Grover Cleveland
Forgiveness of love and bound by compassion
Father Rafael Abraham of St. John's Orthodox Christian Church urges forgiveness over judgment. He warns that hate harms both sinners and victims, and contends true love seeks God through compassion, not condemnation, ending with a call to forgive others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaker Nassif
Christ
God
Father Rafael Abraham
St. John’s Orthodox Christian Church
First Ave. SE
What Einstein Didn't Know and Life Habitat Reflections
A reflective piece discusses National Geographic programs on Einstein curiosity and habitat changes for humans and monkeys. It argues daily life shifts by man affect families, urges keeping mothers in their natural habitat of family, and stresses elderly care at home as a God given obligation while urging honest emotional expression among mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Magazine
Einstein
Cedar Valley Nature Trail gains support for park status
Gary Shea is the only candidate urging Cedar Valley Nature Trail to become a state park. The trail spans four counties, benefits Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Center Point, and supporters call for state involvement and fair compensation for remaining property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Center Point
Gary Shea
Dave Gregory
Regent St. NE
Indian Creek Nature Center Guild Plant Sale Celebrates Success
The Indian Creek Nature Center Guild thanks volunteers and donors after the May 7 plant sale, raising funds for the center. Over 40 volunteers prepared and sold a wide variety of plants, with support from The Gazette Mount Vernon Road Dairy Queen Nesper Sign Co Brucemore Dwight Hughes Landscaping Medical Arts Edison Supply. The sale is an ongoing Cedar Rapids tradition, planned for 1989 with Mary McKee as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek Nature Center
the Gazette
Mount Vernon Road
Abbe Center Criticized Over Mental Health Care Image
A reader complains about the Abbe Center for Community Health during Mental Health Month calling its open house and claims of improvement bunk. He alleges costly services, poor handicapped systems, rising prices, and exodus of long term staff, urging action. CH. "Butch" Hutter 1860 County Home R., Marion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbe Center For Community Health
Butch” Hutter
County
Marion
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Joe Hindley II
Prident
Ote Donnelly
Art Heannkyox
Dave Morris
Education Department
NEA
William Rainbow
of Cedar Mapas
Indian Creek Nature Center Guild
Nature Center
Due Ugianian
Mary McKee
Otis Rd
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