Three-tier schooling urged to handle new lifestyles
U S Education Commissioner Ernest L. Boyer calls for overhauling public schools into a five year basic system, a middle core curriculum school, and an upper school combining later high school with early college or work. He argues puberty shifts, unstable communities, and pervasive media demand structural changes to align goals with development.
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Safety agency a joke sparks House criticism
A House Government Operations Committee report denounces the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a joke and symbol of big government. It says six years after its creation OSHA failed to deliver on safety promises and undermines employer compliance by triggering unwarranted government intrusion.
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Chicago Pupils Lag in Reading Proficiency
Chicago elementary students still average two grade levels below the national norm, though modest gains occurred last year. The board of education reports 30 percent of high school freshmen and 40 percent of eighth graders failed a minimum proficiency exam testing basic tasks such as reading aspirin labels, locating want ads, computing sales tax, and understanding paycheck deductions.
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General stirs up fort with controversial pen
General Grombacher, at Huachuca since 1976, defends his column writing process and urges soldiers to use the Action Line for problems. He notes he researches with public affairs help, aims to aid the “little guy” and resolve miscommunications rather than bypassing channels. He invites readers to write before contacting Congress.
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Desert pests loom for IBM Tucson move in quirky report
Citizen Staff Writer Jeff Smith notes IBM’s Tucson plant move prompts a private research effort to ease relocation. They fear crime water and desert pests like scorpions and rattlesnakes. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum staff reassure that desert dangers are overstated.
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