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The proposals amount to potential giant steps for a profession that has been stumbling badly, often with little support from the communities it serves. The report, produced by a 14-member task force that included Mary Hatwood Futrell, president of the National Education Association, and Bill Honig, superintendent of California...
The bobbing placards at Moscone Center last week proclaimed sentiments ranging from TALKS NOT TROOPS to BEDTIME FOR RONZO. But one cause whose signs usually dot Democratic gatherings seemed conspicuously absent: labor. Union backing was critical to Walter Mondale's success. But except for a march near the hall...
National Education Association President Mary Hatwood Futrell argues that Georgia's move merely "underscores the fact that teachers' salaries are noncompetitive with industry. We don't need to go outside this country to find bright people to teach math and science." Georgia officials insist they see German...
The reaction of U.S. educators to this flurry of concern has been largely one of dismay. They accuse the Administration of overstating the problem. "The President is painting schools with a broad stroke, conjuring up what they were ten years ago," says Mary Futrell, president of the 1.7 million-member...
The new leadership at the N.E.A. seems to be willing to consider ways of working out a fair merit-pay plan. Mary Hatwood Futrell, the president-elect, has declared that the union is still "tough on merit pay, but not so tough that we're not willing to open...