Education shift prompts more teacher retraining
A survey shows 47 percent of regular teachers feel prepared to instruct students with learning disabilities, while 98 percent of parents doubt general educators’ training. Kansas educ leaders call for pre service and in service training to handle varied disabilities and support inclusion in classrooms.
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U.S
Jerry Bailey
Kansas University
Betty Weithers
Kansas State
Bailey
Weithers
National Center For Learning Disabilities
Kansas
Ex GOP candidate endorses Slattery in Kansas governor race
Former Republican candidate Gene Bicknell endorsed Democrat Jim Slattery for governor and will lead a team of policy advisers. Bicknell, who finished second to Bill Graves in the GOP primary, said the endorsement reflects who is best prepared to lead Kansas into the future. The news conference occurred at NPC International and included plans for a Wichita airport event, drawing surprise from GOP observers.
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Pirtsburg
Gene Bicknell
Jim Slattery
Slattery
Bicknell
GOP
Kansas
Slattery and
NPC International
Wichita
Jabara
Joan Finney
Kim Wells
Leadership Lawrence selects 16 for 1994-95 program
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce named sixteen participants for the 1994-95 Leadership Lawrence class. Included are Jonathan Allen, Trish Bransky, Rex Buchanan, Judith Culley, Jo Lynn Hardesty, Scott Holeman, Richard Kowalczyk, Craig Penzler, Linda Mullens, Ruby McDavis, Mary Beth Pett, John Ross, Randi Treitaraas, Terry Tuckwin, Wade Wiebe, and Cynthia Yulich, representing city agencies, KU, Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing, Valley firms, and local banks.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Jonathan Allen
Trish Bransky
Lawrence High School
Rex Buchanan
The
Kansas Geological Survey
Judith Culley
Shelter Inc
Jo Lynn Hardesty
Kansas University
Scott Holeman
Sunflower Cablevision
Richard Kowalczyk
KU Credit Union
Craig Penzler
Glenn Livingood Penzler Architects P.A
Linda Mullens
Ku’s
Ruby McDavis
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Mary Beth Pett
Commuunity
John Ross
Laser Logic Inc
Randi Treitaraas
Terry Tuckwin
Woodlawn School
Wade Wiebe
Mercantile Bank of Lawrence
Cynthia Yulich
Emprise Bank
KU grants honor with McMillion gifts to fund scholarships
The Kansas University Endowment Association received two gifts totaling 100000 from brothers John and George McMillion in memory of their late sister Sue McMillion Smith, creating the Sue McMillion Smith Scholarship Fund for KU School of Education students. John McMillion, a 1946 KU journalism graduate now in Albuquerque, belongs to the Chancellor's Club. George McMillion, a 1955 KU graduate, is an SMU wellness department assistant professor in Dallas.
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Kansas University Endowment Association
John
George McMillion
McMillions
Sue McMillion Smith
School of Education
John McMillion
Albuquerque
N.M
Chancellor's Club
Endowment Association
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Lawrence students test stereotypes on Japan Japan exchange program grows friendships
Twenty one Lawrence high school and German city Eutin students take part in a six week exchange, viewing rice fields from a Boeing 747 and visiting classrooms. Jill Ebmeier recalls friendly welcomes and a lesson that stereotypes fall away as cultures share. The sister city program with Hiratsuka, Japan and Eutin, Germany aims to expand to junior high and enhance electronic mail communication.
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Renee Knobber
Journal-World Photo
Jennifer Nartowicz
Marion Nartowicz
Hiratsuka
Japan
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence
Eutin
Germany
Jill Ebmeier
Lawrence High School
Kansas
Ebmeier
Sister Cities Advisory Board
Dorothy Stites
Frank Baron
Kansas University
LHS
KU survey to address child care at Kansas University
A telephone survey of about 250 KU students, half graduates, half undergraduates, will run through October 14 to gauge child care needs. The Institute of Public Policy and Business Research conducts the survey for the Child Care Task Force, with results due by November and a consultant planning a new center.
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Kansas University
Institute of Public Policy and Business Research
Ann Eversole
Rafael Architects
Fairway
IPPER
Eversole
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Peng Ang
Holland
Sister City Scrapbook
Wrence
Timone Society
Wby
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Journal-World Writer
Tia Wialent
OE Brady Optical
Massachusetts
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