Virginia Education Standards Aim to Prioritize Reading and Math
A Virginia study and HB 256 push to revise quality standards for 1976-78 public schools. The plan mandates elementary grade basic statewide objectives in reading, communications, and mathematics, with kindergarten compulsory and remediation for struggling students. The measure seeks to measure success by learning outcomes rather than inputs.
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State Board of Education On Education
House Committee On Education
Bert Ely
Virginia
del. W.L. Lemmon
Marion
HB 256
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Board of Education
Political Paternalism And Violence On The Senate Floor
Washington reports on McClure Idaho addressing government tyranny and crime in the Senate Press Gallery. He argues both socialism and violence threaten a free nation and that Congress has neglected to curb abuses. Helms of North Carolina preceded McClure with letters read.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
McClure
Idaho
Helms
North Carolina
Bohanon
Buckley laments government overreach and civil rights overtones
William Buckley cites Attorney General of Wisconsin guidance on employment questions as sexist and racist in implication. He argues Congress created a regulatory straightjacket, urging repeal and a political break from paternalism amid rising violence and global unrest.
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Art Buchwald
Buchwald
WFB
Wisconsin
Barry Goldwater
Attorney General's Office
Gallagher
Great Apricot Kernel Gang Case Stirs Legal Scrutiny
Washington notes a bizarre government clash over Laetrile amygdalin, sold as health aid. Donna Schuster and Donald Hanson face smuggling charges, amid entrapment questions and judges who question the lawfulness of banning the substance.
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Washington
Apricot Kernel
Woody Allen
United States
Donna Schuster
Donald E. Hanson
Rochester
Minn
Hanson
Justice Department
Treasury Department
Postal Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mrs
Schuster
San Diego
Mexico
James Malcolm Williams
Minneapolis
U.S
Edward Devitt
Earl Larson
Rifkin and PBC Promote Lenin Line in Satirical Crusade
The influential yet humorous People’s Bicentennial Commission led by Jeremy Rifkin stages stunts such as Boston Oil Party protests and a tongue in cheek Declaration of Economic Independence. Newsweek and other outlets have featured them as “mediagenic,” with PBC mail campaigns reaching many civic groups and aligning with Reagan’s campaign in a satirical critique of corporate power and Leninist linkages.
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Jeremy Rifkin
Bicentennial Commission
PBC
Thomas Jefferson
Sam Adams
Boston
Boston Harbor
PRC
Ha Ha
Rifkin
Newsweek
Jeremy
George Si
New American Movement
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Rush
Lenin
Mao
Che Guevara
People's
People’s Bicentennial Commission
People's Republic
Popular Front
Earl’ Browder
Lincoln
Jefferson
Campfire Girls
Veterans O Foreign Wars
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Berkeley
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Senator Soaper
Elmsford
N. Y
Venus
Congress
Kyprus
Liam F. Buckley, Jr
Kentucky
Bermuda Triangle
Buckley
New York
Gallery Watcher
West Germany
Japan
England
George Steiner
Churchill College
Cambridge University
Atlas Magazine
Steiner
James J. Kilpatrick
Dard
Luther L. Bohanion
Oklahoma City
Ruth C. Aldrich
D.C
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
Danville Register
Union St
Danville
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