College test scores show improving SAT results after slump
College test scores indicate a turnaround with SAT verbal averages rising from the 1960s to the Class of 1981. Experts credit tougher standards and better teaching, while fears grow over federal budget cuts and the potential impact on education.
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Tsshoro 186
College Board
Reagan
Department of Education
Jimmy Carter
National Education Association
America
Sex Education Seeks Balance Amid Teen Pregnancy Concerns
An article argues for better sex education in schools and communities to reduce teen pregnancies. It cites Jackson County statistics from Southern Illinois University Health Services and notes limited state adoption of school sex education. An OCTOPUS workshop in Murphysboro aims to guide parents and teens in understanding sexuality and relationships.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jackson Oun
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Health Services
Agency
NBS
Illinois
Uie
Jackson County
Octopus
United Ro
Methodist
Murphysboro
Hungary follows its own economic model
Hungary pursues a controlled economic liberalization as the Polish crisis tests East bloc paths. Officials insist reform strengthens efficiency while avoiding Soviet intervention, with Western goods flowing in and general public cautiously optimistic about consumer abundance and gradual freedoms.
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Hungary
Marvine Howe
New York Times
Budapest
Poland
Communist Party
Hunary
Aer BS
Nior
Polish Communist Party
Plant closings curb labor in dynamic Pittsburgh region
Richard B. McKenzie argues that bans on plant closings harm workers and communities by raising costs, reducing national income, and provoking regional economic warfare. He urges private solutions and a competitive business climate over restrictive legislation, citing Firestone Dayton Tire as an example and championing a pro-people approach.
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Richard B. McKenzie
Hoover Institution
Youngstown
Detroit
Oakland
Newark
Gary
Akron
California
Illinois
Maine
Wisconsin
Sessive Alliance
Ralph Nader
Public Interest Research Group
Afl-Cio
Ohio Council of Churches
Massachusetts Coalition To Save Jobs
Illinois Public Action Council
Ohio
Firestone
Dayton Tire Company
Dayton
U.S
Stitute
Pittsburg
Foreign students bring politics to U S campuses
The piece surveys how foreign students across campuses fuel debate over spying, political pressure, and safety on American campuses. It cites the Carnegie Mellon death in Taiwan, Iranian student clashes, and calls for preserving campus openness while guarding against repression and xenophobia.
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Fred M. Hechinger
New York Times
New York
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Mellon University
Taiwan
Tennessee
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bani Sadr
Wenere
United States
Wen-chen Chen
Minnesota
Connecticut
Colorado
Missouri
New Jersey
Illinois
California
New Mexico
Chen
Impor
Richard Berendzen
American University In
Washington
The
Commission On Foreign Students and
Berendzen
Eere
Baden
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