Parent Power rises as force in U S education 1981
Mary Elen Leary reports a surge in parent power across California Florida and other states as dissatisfaction with schools grows Parents participate in principal selection budgeting and program development while new councils and a voucher movement expand parental influence in education Notable examples include Sequoia High Irvine Unified Los Angeles districts and Richmond POWER group among others External factors include Title I mandates court ordered programs and leadership teams in schools
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Mary Elen Leary
Pacific News Service
U.S
Boston College
Institute For Responsive Education
Don Davies
Florida
South Carolina
California
Marion Joseph
Wilson Riles
Irvine
Los Angeles
Oakland
Richard LaPointe
Contra Costa County
San Francisco
Gallup
Pleasant Hill
Uoia
Sequoia
Darleen Lawson
Jackie Berman
Palo Alto
League of Women Voters
Information Project On Education Network
Richmond
POWER
Jack Abderhadden
Dora Ballard
Peggy Stinnett
Lottery money scandal clouds Illini athletics
An opinion piece critiques Illinois lottery funding for college sports saying it shifts focus from education to cash, links to probation fallout, and questions support from SIU Carbondale. It argues money cannot replace good coaching and ethics, warning of corruption and diminished amateur ideals.
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University of Illinois
Illini
Michigan
Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
James Thompson
Illinois Athletic Association
U of I
Dave Wilson
Thompson
Jim
Ohio State
Wlini
Iinois
Chicago Cubs
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Fee Neti
Siu-C
Bruce Swinburne
United States
Irene College
University of Illinois Athletic Nation
Roy Wilkins 1901 1981 Civil Rights Leader Remembered
Roy Wilkins a St Louis native and NAACP leader shaped strategy for school desegregation and mid 1960s civil rights legislation. His calm, integrationist approach contrasted with younger militants, and his legacy endures in the ongoing fight for equal justice.
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Roy Wilkins
United States
Wilkins
St. Louis
NAACP
Supreme Court
Uncle Tom
H. Rap Brown
Eldridge Cleaver
New Right Catholics seek school aid
Washington report outlines how Catholic educators and New Right leaders align to push tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools. It notes growth of Christian schools, lobby backing by Packwood and Moynihan, and White House hesitancy amid budget concerns and tax policy.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Washington
Reagan
Sun Belt
Legislaton
Bob Packwood
Oregon
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Kienel
National Education Association
Internal Justice Department
New Right
Paul Weyrich
White House
James A. Baker
Baker
Dallas
Packwood-Moynihan
Senate
Finance Committee
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
College enrollments defy dire predictions in 1980s
New York Times notes higher education defies doom forecasts as total enrollment rises about 3 percent to 12.1 million in 1980 with two year colleges showing strong gains and freshman classes expected to grow up to 7 percent. Experts credit stronger demand, retention, and enhanced recruiting aided by increased student aid.
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Gene S. Macroff
New York Times
Pir
M Herry
Gertiny Lycosie
Easternys
National Center For Education Statistics
American Association of Junior and Community Colleges
Roger Yarrington
John Minter
Boulder
Colo
The
Chronicle
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Dan Weiler
Rand Corporation
NEA
Paul Kienel
Association of Christian Schools International
Baldwin
Educational Voucher Institute
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