University Daily Kansan, April 3, 1984
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supported the measure, it didn't adequately address the problem of low
"We're going to put a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage," he said. "It's not a 'quiet crisis' as the governor talks about, but a very loud one."
The only way to meet the problem head-on, Winter said, would be to increase the state sales tax, with a possible exemption on food.
A statewide poll conducted by the K-NEA in December showed that 68 percent of those surveyed supported a tax increase to maintain the quality of education. Additionally, 68 percent said they thought a certain amount of the money collected for education should be earmarked for teacher salaries.
Improving programs
Raising salaries isn't enough for keeping good teachers in Kansas, said Craig Grant, director of political action for K-NEA.
Standards in education programs and continuing education opportunities need to be improved along with salaries, he said.
"I think it has to move as a package," he said. "We're looking for ways that good teachers can stay in the classroom and get a decent wage."
Lelon Capps, associate dean of education at KU, said that some teachers were leaving the profession because of the added pressures of a job in medicine. He had had to deal with drug problems, violence and lack of parental support.
"Doubling the salary tomorrow will not make the problems go away," he said.
Teachers need smaller classes, uninterrupted class time and more support from the public and parents, he said. Schools have had to make room for football practice, band practice, pep rallies and dentist appointments during the regular school day at a cost to the basics of education.
"The people who want to just raise salaries, for the most part, are wearing blinders," he said.
Failing the grade
In 1981, the KU School of Education revamped and expanded its program from a four-year to a five-year program to better prepare its graduates. The decision was largely based on concerns that some graduates were leaving the school inadequately prepared in a more complex classroom situation.
Improved instruction, educators say,
depends on well-prepared teachers.
But studies have shown that education
offered by most high school students
coming out of high school
A study of teacher education programs at Board of Regents schools in Kansas reported that ACT scores among graduates of teacher-education programs had declined in the last 10 years. High-school seniors take the American College Test before entering universities.
According to the report, which was commissioned by Carlin, the mean composite ACT score of education
Shinn said he knew he wouldn't get rich when he decided to become a teacher. But if he were married and his wife didn't work, he said, he would need a second job.
"Divide what."
"The numerator by the denominator."
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Divide.
"Divide what?"
"How do you find a decimal, Bill?"
"It all comes down to dollars and cents." Shinn said. "You still have to pay the bills."
Shinn said that he thought the public expected a lot from teachers but didn't respond with fair salaries,
"We all like to get paid for what we deserve," he said. "I think we deserve more."
Mr. Shinn "would've got a blister on my heel. Can I go get a Band-Aid?" Although Shinn didn't graduate from KU under its new five-year program, he is still a graduate student.
said he doesn't see that some things about teaching couldn't be learned in college classrooms and from a textbook. Some things a new teacher has to learn for himself by working.
Although student teaching helps, he said, a new teacher has to develop techniques and teaching plans according to the curriculum and the text books used at each school.
"I can't say I disagree with the five-year program," he said, "but I can't see what more they could have done for me."
graduates was 20.5 in 1972-73. In 1982-83, that average fell to 18.9.
Scores also dropped in other fields during the 10-year period, according to the report, but education graduates as well as the bottom 30 percent during both years.
Scannell said that although nothing
Dale Scannell, dean of the School of Education, said that although ACT scores among KU education graduates had declined during the past 10 years, the average score at KU in 1983 was higher than points higher than the state average.
The new program does not just build the object, he said; it is conceptually different.
was significantly wrong with the old four-year program, it no longer gave students sufficient time to prepare for teaching.
The five-year program includes a broader liberal education, stronger emphasis on chosen specialities, professions, research work and more field experience.
John Guenther, chairman of the department of curriculum and instruction, said the five-year program was
As society has become more complex, he said, classes have been added to give students the knowledge necessary to deal with new concerns in education, such as mainstreaming — integrating handicapped students into the public school classroom — and drug education.
designed to develop the most com petent teachers possible.
"As we added more courses and requirements, something had to give." Guenther said of the four-year program. "The erosion came in liberal
He said the five-year program, which requires 60 credit hours in general education, gave students a more liberal education.
The five-year program also has increased the amount of time students spend in public schools observing, aiding and then student teaching.
Jerry Bailey, assistant dean of the School of Education, said that students would get field experience of some kind every year of the program.
Although the fifth year is planned conceptually, the details have yet to be completed. Bailey said. The fifth year comprises three parts: graduate course work, student teaching and an internship.
Because students will have some graduate credits, more experience in the classroom and can be certified in several areas, graduates of KU's School of Education will be more marketable, he said.
But some students said that being marketable might not offset the time or money lost in going to school another year.
Advantages doubted
A KU graduate might start at a higher salary because of the graduate credit earned in the fifth year of the program, but the graduates of a four-year program at other schools have had a year's experience and that course may some students said, could be the difference in on to better-paying jobs.
played in.
Joe Svoboda, Olathe junior, said he had thought of transferring because of the fifth year.
"I'm not convinced that the fifth year is worthwhile," he said. "An extra year won't make you a better teacher."
Both students and faculty have said that the transition from the four- to the five-year program has at times been frustrating and confusing.
"At times I think we have nothing more than an expanded four-year program, said Fred Rodriguez, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction.
Most of the problems are transitional and managerial, he said, and when solved will make the program will run smoother.
"It has the potential to be a really good program," he said. "I think we'll have a better feel for it once we've gone through the first five years."
Kristi Silver, Anchorage, Alaska, junior, said that the material in some classes overlapped and that she was frequently unsure of what was required to graduate.
Mondale to win today New York polls predict
Also, she said, some advisers were confused about the changes and should have been able to tell students in the first year what was required.
"In the long run, the program will be
good, she says. I do the task it will make
me."
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NEW YORK — Walter Mondale led Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson in two statewide polls yesterday as the Democratic candidates stumped New York on the eve of the biggest primary so far in the 1984 presidential race.
With 252 delegates at stake in the state, New York City voters dominate the primary turnout. City elections board officials predict 50 percent of the 1.8 million registered Democrats will vote from the state. Statewide, 90% of the predict 30 percent to 35 percent of the Democrats will vote.
Mondale wanted a big win in New York today and another next week in Pennsylvania to show that he is the clear favorite of the big industrial northern states with their heavy Democratic vote. He told the Buffalo Evening News that it is loss in New York would mean his drive for the nomination would be in trouble, but a victory would make him the candidate to catch.
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Mondale, with a strong appeal to the traditional Democrats and Jewish voters who are a large component of the New York turnout, held the edge in two polls over Hart, who was favored among suburban and wealthier voters.
Jackson could pile up his biggest vote of the year and was seen taking more than 20 percent of the vote in the three-way battle.
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