Education budgets and world costs spark district questions
Editorial questions if districts spent 20000 per child, imagining dramatic changes in buildings, teaching programs, and resources. It contrasts education vs military spending, discusses global priorities, desire for peaceful, inclusive schooling, and calls for board support amid overcrowding and underfunding.
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Harmonist
Provo
Richland
USA
Public schools and moral education in United States
Guest editorial argues schools should teach ethics and morals as foundational to character, contrasting with values clarification. It cites honesty, respect for life and family, notes rising academic dishonesty, and urges instruction of core societal values across diverse communities, as the State Department study prompts.
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United States
Los Angeles
Eureka
State Department of Education
Chernobyl Disaster Spurs U.S. Nuclear Reform Debate
After the Chernobyl accident, public alarm grew as a 20,000+ mishap record and NRC warnings challenged industry safety claims. Advocates urge replacing nuclear with co generation and renewables while pushing state and local action to curb plants, supported by two Congress bills to empower states.
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U.S
Public Citizen
Washington, D.C
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Chernobyl
United States
Maine
Sacramento
California
Congress
Ed. Markey
D-Ma
Joseph Brennan
D-Me
Unbearable handicaps among well to do youths
Paul Harvey argues that affluent youths face unique pressures leading to self harm and death. He notes several suicides in Bergenfield New Jersey and contends research ignores the problems of rich and famous children, who suffer from immense expectations and peer pressure.
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Bergenfield
N.J
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