Carnegie Foundation backs English focus to fix schools
The Carnegie Foundation endorses a high school reform centered on English and writing, urging a three year core in literature and writing, English tests with remediation, all classes taught with emphasis on writing, and smaller English classes. It also calls for smarter teacher training and a 25 percent salary rise for teachers to attract talent.
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Ernest Boyer
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie
Stampede over KAL disaster drives defense budget vote
After the KAL Flight 7 tragedy, Congress moved to pass a 187.5 billion defense bill despite opposition. The package funds major programs like the MX missile and B bomber, and includes 114 million to reenter nerve gas work, amid a swift Senate vote 83-8 and House 266-152.
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Entitlements Unnoticed Farm Subsidy Surge Raises Concerns
The piece analyzes farm subsidy programs growing faster than other entitlements, with costs rising from 3-4 billion in the 1970s to an estimated 21 billion for the year ending Sept. 30. Clifford Hardin criticizes the overall farm policy including the Payment-in-Kind program, arguing long-term harm despite short-term benefits.
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Clifford M. Hardin
Cultural ignorance harms peace and trade in a global era
The piece urges widespread study of languages and cultures to avert deadly misunderstandings with Iran, Russia, and China. It argues leaders, educators, and business figures should fund cultural education, with conflict resolution insights from Roger Tisher and warnings about farm policy risks and global markets.
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Iran
Sea of
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Russia
China
Roger Tisher
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United States
Lane etiquette on 1 380 traffic jams name and behavior
Driver frustration grows as vehicles merge onto and off 1 380 during peak hours. Commuters complain about stubborn lane hogs who refuse to yield to flowing traffic, raising safety concerns and prompting discussions of courteous driving practices.
Bankers and Rockefellers Featured In Letter Column
A reader defends the Rockefellers and banks, calling bankers benevolent and Christian and favoring world control by bankers over international communism. The letter emphasizes trust in finance leaders and condemns communism as a global threat.
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Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Eastern Iowans invited to share periodical thoughts
Periodic observations from Cedar Rapids resident Paul A. Smith, a Coe College science faculty member, active in Democratic Party politics, inviting Eastern Iowans to express their own viewpoints on unlimited topics.
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Paul A. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Dinosaurs and smoking lounges in schools prompt debate
A National Science Foundation report urges large education spending to prevent the U.S. from becoming an industrial dinosaur. The text also notes Alvarez’s asteroid theory and argues against high school smoking lounges, citing Iowa law and youth health concerns.
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National Science Foundation
U.S
Luis Alvarez
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Earth
Space
Iowa
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