Monday, February 15, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7
ew project to reform education
Df teachers to be based at A&M
By LyneenJohnson
Topped rl Reporter
e Softgooijl'lfexas A&M has become the home
des meiilrinew reform project, sponsored
n’s appanjHie Carnegie Corp., that will Io
dise. fimHm teacher education and will en-
storesi jompiss three years of study.
nominatoiHr. Daniel Fallon, dean of the
> said diijHege of Liberal Arts at A&M, will
Knox. Hrt the nationwide project. The
mmber sHect, titled “Learning for Teach-
doutsit■ Nourishing the Roots of the
letstoDi[»lier’s Art,” will involve 30 uni-
“Therc tire many things that need to change within the
schools, hut one has to realize that it’s the teachers who
are the heart of the schools. ”
— Wendy Costa, project coordinator
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jties and colleges with various
itorical and ethnic backgrounds,
dent populations and geographic
ftions, Project Coordinator
dy Costa said.
$248,()()() grant from the Carne-
}orp., received in December, will
r the first year’s expenses, Fal-
Isaid. However, project organiz
ers anticipate that more than
b(),000 will be spent during the
and smallBe-year period. Carnegie Corp.
have bo P supply the additional funds as
the Dai.B ar e needed, Fallon said,
rs. ByiitBllon’s pursuit of the project be-
Ibuverd in after the Council of Colleges of
complf Arts and Sciences (CCAS) passed a
i, retafeB' ut ' on * n supporting the
and lart!B s ‘S n teac her education pro-
is havetf-B 18 and , ^ e cons °l* c l a tion of arts
the DalliB sc ' ence l acu hy with their educa-
^collegues, Fallon said.
tst year, Fallon solicited support
mi the American Conference of
Identic Deans, the American As-
Btion of Colleges of Teacher Ed-
lion, the Holmes Group and the
tegie Corp. to make the reforms
art of a nationwide effort to im-
irove teacher education. Fallon said.
tiicS
help
Sm ite |
re Loral!
President of CCAS in 1987, fallon
wasjoined in the final project prepa
rations by Dr. Frank Murray, dean
of the College of Education at the
University of Delaware.
Murray’s assistance symbolized
the consolidation of arts and science
and education personel and led to a
comprehensive proposal for teacher
reform, Fallon said.
Assistance also was received from
Dean Corrigan, the dean of the Col
lege of Education at A&M, he said.
“Dean Corrigan has been highly
supportive of this project from the
start,” Fallon said. “He read numer
ous drafts and was helpful with de
veloping valuable contacts and an-
g le s.”
The project will work through six
phases, including two conferences.
The first phase of the project, ex
pected to be renamed “Project 30,” is
starting on schedule with the first
mailing going out this month to ev
ery university and college in the na
tion, Costa said.
Mailings will include information
and application guidelines, she said.
Each participating school’s team will
have a dean and faculty member
from both the arts and science and
education departments and a local-
area teacher.
“There are many things that need
to change within the schools, but one
has to realize that it’s the teachers
whi) are the heart of the schools,”
Costa said. “Therefore, teachers
should be well educated people.”
Since the project was inspired by
the problems in today’s public
schools, the goals focus on changing
the direction of. teac her education,
she said.
Following the guidelines pub
lished by the Holmes Group in “Pro
file of A Beginning Teacher,” each
team will propose plans to redesign
their undergraduate curriculum,
Costa said.
Required by Texas Senate bill 991,
A&M already has begun working on
a revised curriculum with a five-year
certification program. Ffowever,
Texas and California are the only
states currently requiring an under
graduate degree in a subject before
allowing training and teaching certi
fication.
“It is not such a strange idea,”
Costa said. “One aspect of improv
ing the profession involves changing
society’s treatment of teachers . . .
giving them the respect of true pro
fessionals, like doctors and lawyers.
“If teachers want the same respect
they should at least have the same
Boys home
reopened
in trailers
FORT WORTH (AP) —The
. W.N. Otwell, vowing to re-
w his fight with the state over
ensing of his church-run
liool, has reopened a boys home
| mobile homes.
That’s so we can go mobile,”
Swell said. “If they come to shut
down, we’ll just pick her up
d sail her on down the road,”
said.
Otwell, 51, declined to say how
any boys are staying at the fa-
lity in southern Tarrant
tunty, except to say there are
uitea few” and less than 60.
‘It’s nothing but metal build-
gs and mobile homes,” Otwell
id. “I feel the state will continue
& harass us, and we’re not going
to drive off and leave everything
we've worked for again. If we
ave, we’ll pull it behind us with
fucks,” he told the Fort Worth
ar-Telegram.
“They’re not going to come out
[ere and start nosing around,”
(well said.
20 organizations take part
in A&M Mardi Gras parade
By Jamie Russell
Staff Writer
As the sun touched the horizon
Friday, excitement filled the chilly
evening as about 20 organizations
prepared for the second annual
Mardi Gras at A&M.
Sounds of jingling bells tickled the
air as the Society for Creative
Anachronisms, a medieval research
and recreation group, clapped fin
ger cymbals together.
The T exas A&M University Jazz
Band players sounded out a few
notes as they warmed up their brass
instruments. A few dogs ran around
clad in Mardi Gras T-shirts, de
signed by the Aggie Beach Club,
with the words “Brilliant Disguise”
on them. Laughter rang through
out.
The parade participants anxiously
waited for the parade to begin while
spectators began to gather along Joe
Routt Boulevard.
Several of the spectators were
dressed in Mardi Gras beads and
masks of sequins and feathers. Chil
dren ran around playing tag while
their parents watched after them,
waiting ever-so-patiently for the pa
rade to start.
Suddenly, a startling siren
sounded from a University Police
car to let the crowd know the parade
was beginning. -i
The A&M Jazz Band led the pa
rade, sounding out “When the Saints
Go Marching In” as it marched.
Spectators lined up on the curbs,
each one putting his head out a little
farther than the person before him.
The lights from the police car led
the way.
“Look down there Mommy; some
one is flashing a red flash light,” a
little boy said in excitement.
Following close behind the flash
ing lights, a convertible Porsche car
rying the parade’s Grand Marshal,
Brett Powell, drove past. A convert
ible BMW carrying Cotton Bowl
Queen Cathy Park followed.
The procession slowly moved
through campus with participants
throwing beads and doubloons as
the crowd snatched the traditional
Mardi Gras flying matter.
The first float carried the “king”
and “queen” of the parade—Judson
‘Old Army Lou” Loupot and Re
veille V.
“Isn’t this something,” Loupot
said. “I can’t imagine the kids put
ting up with me for so long.”
As the float passed, brightly col
ored clowns danced past carrying
balloons that announced CARE
Week (Community for a Rape-Free
Environment), a program set for this
week and designed to examine the
misconceptions about rape.
Nancie and the Winds of Magic, a
troupe of belly dancers, were the
next attraction. Dressed in their airy
attire, members of the troupe
wiggled past spectators clanging
small finger cymbals.
T he Aggie Wranglers, decked in
denim, showed of f some fancy foot
work as the parade came to a pause.
The crowd “whooped” them on as
they danced to country music play
ing on ajambox.
T he parade was full of attractions
and was enjoyed by all. As it came to
a close, silence fell over the parade
route as the crowd quickly disap
peared into the cold night.
Voter poll shows Texans lean toward Bush, Gephardt
By the Associated Press
||ice President George Bush re
led strong support in Texas but
Iperception he could win the Re-
lican presidential nomination
nmeted since the Iowa caucuses,
lirding to copyright poll results
Wished in the Houston Chronicle.
Jnthe Democratic side, the news
ier reported Sunday that Richard
lhardt surged to the front of the
k, but pollsters warned the Dem-
btit race in Texas remains vola
tile poll, also conducted for the
Vas Morning News, was from sur
veys Wednesday and Thursday. For
the poll, interviewers contacted 690
of 1,017 registered Texas voters first
questioned in October.
The poll’s aim was to gauge chan
ging voter sentiments following the
Iowa caucuses.
Of the 244 Republican voters who
said they would probably vote in the
March 8 T exas primary, 51 percent
said they felt Bush had the best
chance of winning the Republican
presidential nomination.
In October’s poll, 72 percent of
likely voters said they believed Bush
had the best chance.
Fifty-seven percent of the T exas
Republicans likely to vote said they
would vote for Bush if the vote were
held now, compared to 58 percent in
October.
Twenty percent of likely voters
said they would cast their ballots for
Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas now,
compared to 11 percent last Octo
ber. Most of those who swayed to
Dole were undecided in October.
In October, 8 percent of likely
voters said Dole was the most likely
Republican nominee. That figure
rose to 28 percent in the most recent
poll.
Of the 304 Democrats who said
they were likely to vote March 8, 27
percent said they would vote for Ge
phardt if the vote were now, com
pared to 8 percent in October.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson wtfs
named most likely Democratic nomi
nee in October’s poll by 26 percent.
That has fallen to 15 percent in the
most recent poll.
According to the newspaper, the
margin of error for the poll was plus
or minus 6 percent.
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base of knowledge. For example,
imagine doctors entering medical
school right out of high school. Why
then do we accept such narrow train
ing of teachers?”
The second phase, scheduled for
October, involves a conference with
the 30 five-member teams, Costa
said. Their proposals will be dis
cussed and the goals of the project
will be defined.
Another focus of the project is in
creasing interest among minority
teachers, Costa said. Predictions,
based on currect trends, indicate
that by the year 2000 minorities will
make up more than 20 percent of
public-school students and less than
5 percent of public-school teachers,
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Designed as a three-year pro
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Fallon agreed, saying that the pro
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education of teachers.
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. . We are not proposing one partic
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one’s specific environment.
“Hopefully, we will bring about a
rethinking of the teacher’s education
as well as the way courses are taught
in arts and science departments. The
possibilities are countless as to what
direction this project could lead our
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