Overhaul urged to fix teacher recruitment and training
The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future calls for sweeping reforms to recruit train and reward teachers. The report cites unqualified hires inadequate on the job support and weak professional development urging high standards licensing mentoring and increased funding to raise classroom quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
National Commission On Teaching and
America’s Future
Peggy Jeens
Washington- Lee High School
Arlington
Virginia
Education Department
Gerald Boardman
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Greenbelt
Boardman
Commission
Rockefeller Foundation
Carnegie Corp
Linda Darling- Hammond
Teachers College
Columbia University
Christopher Cross
Council For Basic Education
Cross
Bob Chase
National Education Association
NEA
Milk prices surge as dairy costs rise nationwide
Dairy farmers trim herds after high feed costs and severe weather, pushing store milk to about 2.65 dollars per gallon with butter above 2 dollars per pound. Industry forecasters predict dairy prices could rise 12 percent this year, though shoppers fear higher costs on cereals and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Donald Ratajcczak
Georgia State University
Melissa Petersen
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas City recalls polite FFA youth and moves to Louisville
Kansas City remembers the FFA as well behaved teens who kept to themselves during 68 years of national conventions. The National FFA Organization plans to move its annual convention to Louisville starting 1999 and shift its headquarters to Indianapolis, with Kansas City noting few problems beyond a water balloon incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
FFA
Ansas City
Wally Cleaver
Eddie Haskell
National
FFA Organization
Louisville
Alexandria
National Ffa Center
Indianapolis
Jennifer Conway
Big City
Jim Leathers
KC/FFA Advisory Council
Leathers
Jay B. Dillingham
Kansas City Stockyards Co
Dillingham
H. Roe Bartle
Gosh
Janice Eberly
California
Simpson to spend nine days on witness stand
OJ Simpson, who did not testify in his criminal trial, is set to testify for at least nine days in the wrongful death suit over Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Witness lists include Brian Kaelin Mark Fuhrman Paula Barbieri and Al Cowlings along with many others. The case potential evidence includes gloves shoe prints and blood drops, with 2,000 items expected to be admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anta Monica
O.J. Simpson
W Qu
Brian “Kate” Kaelin
Mark Fuhrman
Simpson
Paula Barbieri
al Cowlings
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Superior Court
Hiroshi Fujisaki
Robert Baker
Netanyahu faces questions over Rabin Golan pledge
In a cabinet briefing Netanyahu said Rabin tacitly agreed to cede the Golan Heights in a Syria peace deal but did not write it. He cited a journalist's claim and noted the U S position that verbal assurances by a prior government do not bind the current one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Syria
Netanyahu
Israel
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
AP Education
Raed
Franklin County
Orlis Cox
Ottawa
Kansas
Farm Bureau
Eon Farmers & Rancher
Hay Baling
Mr. Hull
Powe
Warner Factory
Albert Dunbar
Oregon Old Depot Oe Mae Lyimber OF Commerce
Ealing
Or. Hall
Ransom
Diane Ransom
Ray Newton
Clark Ellenstien
Harry Hall
Sunda
Franklin County Historical Society
World Digest
Rabin
Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
General Cemetery
Senate
Ottawa Heralds
Tom
Janis
Deb
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!