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lion Gerry Norvell, an aerospace graduate student from Universal City recruits students for the Texas A&M Sailing Club. Norvell is giving his pitch to Bill Jenson, a mechanical engineering junior from Houston. The club will have a meeting tonight at 7 in 301 Rudder. brents run risk giving oni ow’s milk to infants i [ EVER! !NC AR Close f Tuesfc 1 Sept 13 Sept 13 Sept 13 Sept 13 United Press International EVANSTON, III. — Parents give whole cow’s milk to Bbies under the age of six nths are risking the develop- nt of an iron deficiency in ir children, two Syracuse, V. doctors say. The American Academy of 'iatrics says cow’s milk is eptable during the second six nths if the infant receives 'Ugh iron from other sources. Drs. P. David Sadowitz and ank A. Oski of the State Uni- irsity of New York and Upstate dical Center in Syracuse said ire have been major changes Infant feeding practices dur- 6g the past decade with more bep Septl Septi Oct I Oct I Oct I Oct 11 Oct 11 Oct 11 Oct U Oct I babies being breast fed and then receiving iron-fortified for mulas. They said whole cow’s milk generally is less likely to be intro duced into the diet during the first six months of life. But Sadowitz and Oski said that is not the case for low- income families in urban set tings. “Iron deficiency remains a nutritional problem for infants in an urban setting and is largely a result of the early introduction of whole cow’s milk into the diet,” the doctors reported in the academy’s journal, Pediat rics. Sadowitz and Oski tested a group of 280 infants — ages 9 months to one year — at a clinic during a 12-month period in 1980-81 for evidence of iron de ficiency. They found 7.6 percent were iron-depleted, 19.7 percent irondeficient without anemia and 8.2 percent iron-deficient with anemia. In 29.2 percent of the infants, whole cow’s milk had been intro duced into the diet prior to six months of age. Sixty-two percent of these in fants showed evidence of some iron inadequacy, contrasted with only 21.8 percent of those with iron deficiencies who were fed cow’s milk after six months of age, the study said. 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But so far a successful effort has not been made to increase the number of quality teachers. Nationally, enrollments in teacher education programs have declined by 50 percent be tween 1972 and 1980. In 1972 enrollment was 317,254 com pared to the 1980 figure of 155,485. Certain subjects are feeling the decline more severely than other subjects. For instance, be tween 1972 and 1980 the num ber of math education majors dropped by 76 percent and the number of science majors drop ped by 64 percent. In 1982 every state reported a shortage of math and science teachers. Of all the math classes needed, 25 percent were not offered because there weren’t enough teachers and of the clas ses that were offered, 26 percent were taught by unlicensed teachers. Besides the shortage of teachers, quality of teachers seems to be another problem. Data from the Texas Educa tion Agency says that 1,233 math and science teachers were hired in Texas with no experi ence in 1980-81. That figure represents 23 percent of the 5,277 newly hired secondary teachers. Another surprising figure is that a total of 5,698 emergency permits were issues in Texas, 502 to math and science teachers. To qualify for an emergency permit in Texas, the applicant must be at least 18 years old and have at least 90 hours of college credits. The new requirements set by the State Board for licensing — such as pre-testing of basic skills, testing in the subject field one intends to teach in and gradua tion from an approved teacher education program — can be passed over by teachers em ployed on emergency permits. What’s happening to all the education graduates? The National Center for Edu cational Statistics advisory group says nearly 40 percent of teacher education graduates did not apply for employment in education. A majority of the 40 percent said they did not apply because they considered the labor market for teachers un favorable when compared to other options. Low salaries is a common complaint heard from teachers. In 1980-81 the average starting salary for a beginning teacher in Texas was $1 1,346. Nationally, the average salary for all teachers was- S17,400. This figure is about $8,000 be low the intermediate standard budget, a figure set yearly by the U.S. Department of Labor as the amount of income required for a family of four to live in a mid dle-class fashion. “Increases in teacher salaries and the conditions for profes sional practice must be im proved in order to attract top college students to teacher edu cation and to stop the current flight of career teachers from their classrooms,” Corrigan said. Corrigan recommends that the following actions be taken by the State. • Establish a merit-based fel lowship/scholarship program to attract the most capable high school graduates into teacher education. • Create a fund for excellence in teaching that would accept contributions to provide sup port for research and develop ment. • Establish differentiated staffing patterns that would re structure the teaching profes sion, making it possible for good teachers to move in and out of a variety of roles and responsibili ties. • Eliminate emergency per mits as they exist now in Texas. • Improve quality controls. Existing standards should be im proved such as admission re quirements, reviews prior to stu dent teaching and evaluation af ter a period of supervised clas sroom experience. Corrigan said the shortage of teachers should not be used as a reason for lowering standards. 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