Local youth survey questions drugs impact at area high school
A senior class survey in an upper middle class town shows 60 percent of those who tried marijuana did so once and 44 percent use monthly. Cocaine use rises to 23 percent with 6 percent monthly, while 97 percent have tasted alcohol and 69 percent drink regularly. The study notes 66 percent back lowering the drinking age to 18 and highlights local anti drug campaigns and school programs addressing alcohol and driving safety.
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United Press International
Towne
Pennsylvania
HEW
Joseph Califano
Lawrence County Council On Drug and Alcohol
Lawrence County Council On Drugs and Alcohol
Three New Castle students win science awards for tough projects
Kathleen Fletcher Mark Kaye and Michelle Bucci, New Castle high school juniors and seniors, win first places in Junior Academy of Science regionals and state for projects on brain pathways, penicillin effects, and bacteria in plants. Fletcher earns Telluride scholarship to Johns Hopkins and AAAS delegate spot. Bucci studies bacteria in pea seedlings with antibiotics.
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New Castle High School
Kathleen Fletcher
Mark Kaye
Michelle Bucci
Academy of Science
Michelle
Candy Canes
Iran
Jellystone Park
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Bucci
Doctor suggests poor readers learn through other methods
New York report by Dr Russell D Snyder urges alternatives to remedial reading for dyslexic and poor readers. He argues reading ability links to neurologic maturation, not age or schooling, and proposes oral-aural methods, educational TV, and audiotapes as viable options.
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New York
UPI
Russell D. Snyder
Albuquerque
Pediatrics
Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Snyder
Computers move into classrooms across Scarsdale schools
Scarsdale plans to put computers in all grades from kindergarten to 12 within 3 to 5 years. Ten micro processors have been installed linked to color TV decks in classrooms to spark learning. Teachers will train to teach with the new systems as one unit reaches every school by September and every classroom within five years.
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Robert Taylor
Teachers College
Columbia University
Scarsdale
N.Y
Tion
Captain Kirk
Penn State trains teachers for bilingual classrooms
A three year Penn State program in Bethlehem and Lancaster trains teachers to educate students in both Spanish and English. Five trainees pursue a master of education while learning bilingual classroom management and cultural awareness to transition pupils from bilingual to regular English programs within two to three years.
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University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
Lester S Golub
Bethlehem
Lancaster
Puerto Rico
US Office of Education
Golub
Bethlehem and
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Robert Goslin
New York City
Ridgewood
New Jersey
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