PTA Aims to Shed Cookie Image and Turn Activist
The National PTA plans a shift from bake sale image to active advocacy for children and education as it nears its 100th birthday. Leaders urge members to lobby on immunizations lunches labor laws and school safety while resisting voucher proposals that fund private schooling.
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Lois Jean White
Knoxville
Tenn
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District of Columbia
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National Education Association
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Calipari hears White House pep ahead of Arkansas game
Boston AP report notes President Clinton called UMass coach John Calipari to wish luck for the NCAA tournament game against Arkansas. Clinton joked about national security, while Anthony Lake’s from Massachusetts adds pressure as the Razorbacks’ No. 1 fan ribbed the Minutemen.
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University of Massachusetts
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War games postponed by weather near Taiwan coast
Chinese ships and planes held maneuvers southwest of Taiwan while weather delayed start of exercises 11 miles from near islets. Taiwanese troops prepared beach defenses as protesters in Taipei burned American symbols. USS Independence patrolled nearby. Panetta urged peaceful, non provocative U.S. stance.
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