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Futrell, whose NEA is the nation's predominant teachers' union, approved of the teacher-centered thrust of the report. But, though a task-force member, she expressed doubts about the pay system and the lead-teacher concept. She feared that they might "become another merit pay or career ladder plan, those plans having been seriously flawed and having failed in many instances in the past." Ultimately, the attitude of experts like Futrell may be the key to the Carnegie program's success or failure. For just as teachers are central to the study's implementation, they will also determine whether...
...really say anything about it," said ART General Manager Richard Orchard, "but I can tell you it will be a major grant." Orchard said the new grant will be larger than the $750,000 already committed by the NEA, but that it will be of a different nature...
...other information about the Tuesday press conference was available yesterday. Both NEA and ART officials were markedly excited about the hush-hush event, which they termed the country's most important theater-linked development of the year...
...statement released by the NEA yesterday called the ART "excellent" and said the criteria for receiving the conditional grants, which it characterized as very difficult to meet, are primarily artistic achievements...
...stated that ability to utilize funds productively, to reach out to an audience and to plan an active future were also considered in selecting the ART and other recipients. Winners were selected by three separate panels of peer judges and ultimately approved by the NEA leadership...