Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...premise that prayer is not allowed in schools...is a lie. Official, organized prayer is not allowed, true, but kids can pray if they want"-silently, individually, on the bus, in the lunchroom, during classes. North Carolina Democratic Congressman Charlie Rose wryly notes, "As long as there are math tests, children will pray in school...
...this time around, not a rock was thrown. "The children really enjoyed that show," Johnson remembers. "I could not believe how they idolized those Jackson 5 boys." Johnson also kept an eye on Michael's academics, and once advised the fourth-grader to bone up on his math. "My manager," Michael replied, "will take care of my money...
...about that? Domestically, he supports more money for social programs--much of which means restoring Reagan budget cuts in programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. He wants to direct more than $10 billion to solve problems of education, including stepping up math and science scholarship and improving classroom teaching. He plans to put back money Reagan cut from water and land conservation programs, and cleaning up toxic waste. In addition to supporting traditional Democratic jobs programs, Mondale acknowledges the need for "industrial policy," proposing long-term business/labor/government cooperation in resuscitating basic industries. Abroad, he offers...
...September, Bank Street College in New York protested a $7.7 million NIE award for the Ed School to develop a School Technology Center which would study how to use computers in teaching math and science in primary and secondary schools...
Doyle was part of the Fundamental School, a program within the high school that stresses basic academic skills. "We had four years of English, three years of math, four years of physed--back to basics," Doyle says. "I think it's the best program in the school...