Obsolete Children and the Year Round School Debate
A farmer's son explains why Los Angeles schools shifted to year round operation. He argues that in 1937 children were economic assets on farms, with worksons and workdaughters assisting parents. He contends cheap child labor shaped summer breaks and school calendars.
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Year round schooling sparks debate over summer freedom
Bill Hall of the Lewiston Idaho Tribune argues that long summer vacations for mostly nonfarm families waste time and hinder global competitiveness. He contends year round schooling to fill classrooms mirrors fighter jet efficiency, leaving kids with idle months and contributing to broader social ills.
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Bill Hall
Lewiston
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Foodgrains Bank Appeals for Donated Grain Across Africa
Bert Loewen of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank warns of severe Africa food aid needs in Angola and Northern Ethiopia, urging farmers to donate grain as emergency needs threaten millions. CFGB has mobilized since fall 1989 to reach 15,000 MT goal, with 8,000 MT received and 7,000 MT remaining by March 31, 1990, aided by CIDA 3 to 1 matching.
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Canadian Foodgrains Bank
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Assembly of Chiefs awarded govt. grant
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will receive an $81,000 grant from the Manitoba government, Northern Affairs Minister James Downey announced. The funding supports the assembly’s work on child welfare taxation gaming and resources management as it represents a vehicle for economic and social development of Manitoba Indian bands with both federal and provincial involvement in negotiations.
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Manitoba
Northern Affairs
James Downey
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