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AN EASTERN-SUBURBS language teacher repeatedly sexually abused a female student throughout her time in high school, a court has heard.
Marco Chiro, 54, of Rostrevor, stood trial in the District Court today.
He has pleaded not guilty to one aggravated count of indecent assault, two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and one count of procuring an act of gross indecency.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Tom Ellison said Chiro had been charged with offences allegedly committed over a 12-month period.
However, he said those four counts were but a representation of criminal acts Chiro committed at the Rostrevor middle-school campus of Norwood Morialta High School.
"On the prosecution case, these four counts are four selected incidents of continued sexual abuse over a number of years," he said.
"(We say) this abuse was too frequent for every episode to be remembered in detail ... these are some of the more significant acts."
Mr Ellison said the now-adult victim of the offending attended the school for four years, during which she interacted with Chiro, who taught Japanese and Italian.
He said the victim received "special treatment" from Chiro, whose abusive ways began with "hugs after class" when she was 14 years old.
"If she did not stay around after class for a hug, he would pass her notes and ask why she was not staying around for hugs," he said.
Mr Ellison said Chiro's behaviour escalated to touching during class and he subsequently kissed the girl and exposed himself to her.
"During Year 10 the touching and kissing continued at various places around the school," he said.
Mr Ellison said several of those incidents, including digital penetration, occurred in the office Chiro shared with other teachers.
He said the final offence charged was an act of oral sex that occurred in Chiro's shared office.
"These were not isolated counts, there were other acts of touching and kissing," he said.
"These were four incidents during which the behaviour became more significant."
The trial, before Judge Simon Stretton and a jury of seven men and five women, is expected to run for eight days.
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This document describes Allen & Overy's response, dated 21 August 2013, to the HM Treasury and Infrastructure UK open consultation entitled A new approach to public private partnerships: consultation on the terms of public sector equity participation in PF2 projects, dated 10 July 2013.
It is clear from the content of the consultation that it has twin aims: first, of improving competition among equity investors by widening the pool of potential participants; and second, of creating greater transparency.
Our view on the first aim is that HM Treasury's and Infrastructure UK's proposals are a calculated gamble that the new structure for equity will encourage more new investors (particularly those that were previously deterred by high bid costs and the need for significant resource) than it will discourage existing/traditional public-private-partnership (PPP) participants (many of whom are now, in any event, pursuing other markets in preference to the UK). On the second aim, there is a need to balance the attempt to influence a financial structure with wider (much wider than PPP/PF2) ongoing policy debates on transparency of ownership and the morality of tax-efficient structures…
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The White House has described as "unfortunate" the decision by news organisations to publish classified U.S. military files that showed the U.S. had released dozens of "high-risk" detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison facility and held more than 150 innocent men for years.
The more than 700 classified files reportedly come from the Pentagon's Joint Task Force at Guantanamo. They were originally leaked to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and made available to a number of U.S. and European media outlets, including the Telegraph, The New York Times, El Pais, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and La Repubblica.
In the papers, the U.S. government assesses the alleged terrorist activities of Al Qaeda operatives housed at the U.S. Navy's detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including those captured as the terror group grew stronger in Afghanistan in the 1990s and prepared for the 9/11 attacks, CNN reports.
The files — called Detainee Assessment Briefs or DABs — reportedly describe the security intelligence value of nearly every one of the 779 detainees held at Guantanamo since 2002, describing how they behaved while at Guantanamo and assessing whether they would be a threat to the U.S. and its allies if released.
The classified files described some of the detainees as being compliant while others threatened violence against guards. One stated he would fly planes into houses.
More than 160 of the prisoners released or transferred from Guantanamo under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama had previously been judged as "likely to pose a threat to the U.S.," NPR reports.
The decision to release or transfer those detainees contradicted the Pentagon's own recommendation that prisoners in this category should remain in detention.
Overall, U.S. military analysts considered only 220 of the people ever detained at Guantanamo to be dangerous extremists, The Daily Telegraph reported. Another 380 people were deemed to be low-ranking foot soldiers who traveled to Afghanistan or were part of the Taliban.
At least 150 detainees were innocent Afghans or Pakistanis, including drivers, farmers and chefs rounded up as part of frantic intelligence gathering in war zones and then held for years. In dozens of cases, senior U.S. commanders reportedly concluded that there is "no reason recorded for transfer."
Officials at Guantanamo acknowledged in writing in at least two cases that they were holding innocent men, yet it took months for them to be returned to their home countries, according to NPR.
In what could amount to more than a diplomatic faux pas, which could further damage an already shaky U.S.-Pakistani intelligence partnership, the secret files also describe the main Pakistani intelligence service, ISI, as a terrorist organization, alongside Al Qaeda, the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah, The Guardian reports.
Among the other findings in the classified documents:
— Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Guantanamo detainees who were famously water boarded while in CIA detention, are cited as providing interrogators with information about hundreds of other Guantanamo detainees.
— One detainee from Yemen, a convicted drug dealer who later affiliated with Al Qaeda, informed on so many of his fellow detainees at Guantanamo that authorities there decided the reliability of his information was "in question."
— A Russian detainee was transferred to the control of Russian authorities on the basis of assurances he would be incarcerated back in Russia, only to be released from Russian custody a short time later.
— A Saudi detainee, who has since been transferred, threatened to arrange the murder of "four or five" Americans in revenge for his imprisonment but offered not to follow through on the threat if he were paid $5 to $15 million dollars in compensation for his unemployment while at Guantanamo.


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So it is true what they say…"Once you pop, the fun don't stop".Yup, that's what I am talking about.Okay enough playing, lets talk business.
Okay so my job today is to give you some friendly advice and tips about Popcorn Machines.These tips may just simply be what you may need out watch out for when renting a machine,running your own rental business, or just buying your first machine.
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- 50 years old
- Date of birth: Oct 21, 1960
- Date of passing: Nov 3, 2010
|Let the memory of John Lee be with us forever
"Four years have past...The wind is our loved ones in heaven, letting us know they are around, the rain is their touch, the sunshine is a hug and snowflakes are their kisses! John Ute Jr R.I.P 11/03/2010 Miss my brother more as the years pass <3 Emilee joined our family On July 1 2014 Made Novalee a big sister..Matt married Erica <3 Finally a daughter lol <3 this year <3 Its only been a year since Grandpa Dotson passed R.I.P 11/03/13 <3 you are missed <3"
"Three years have past...life is so different since you left...I miss you every day and talk about u daily with my grand daughter Novalee..She knows your pic with the dog..she likes the dog..lol...Grandpa Dotson joined you all Today...I bet he is smiling...love u miss u"
"In these times, family is very important. Just remember what family stands for: F(orever) A(lways) M(ine), I L(ove) Y(ou).. Your life was a blessing,you are loved beyond words, and missed beyond treasure..missing you """ C""""
"I love that i can still feel you, and still see your beautiful face in my dreams. Not one day goes by that i do not think about you. Love always: Me......"
"Hi my favorite son, just a note to let you know another Easter come and gone and you were greatly missed. The family at least my family has grown Jane and Mary's stay the same. I now have 17 grand kids and am really blessed. Love and miss you always. Mom"
"Some days my only thoughts are of you. My love for you is eternal. Thank you for loving me and teaching me...."
"Uncle John, I admit that I miss you! Cannot believe two years has flown by since when you left us. We have gone fromg 3 to 7 kids on one year! Hugh blessing! All 7 kids are wonderfull and healthy. I wish you could meet Bryndi and be at the wedding on December 1st but she knows who you are through all us quite well :) You are in our hearts. I miss and love you! Tell grumpy I love him too!"
"Just wanted to let you know how much I love and miss you. I miss that smile .We finally got another girl in the family after 22 years than there were four in a row and they have Carter, Colty, and Camy to look after them. I am so glad that you and your Dad are out of pain but I miss you and him so much. Love Mom"
"Not ONE day goes by that you are not thought about,talked about, and loved. You were taken from us way to soon. That I will never forgive. I love and miss you so much. My only wish is that you are pain free and at peace. As always Love you more."
"Thinking of you today the anniversary of when you left us, and wishing everyday I could see you one more time, remembering you always, miss you forever loving you always xoxo R.I.P John Ute 11-03-10"
"Happy Birthday Daddy! Hope your enjoying your day in heaven with Grandpa Grumpy looking down on us, knowing how much you are loved and missed. Always in my heart"
"you where there for me when I needed u! U never gave up and that's why ur my hero! I'm proud to be ur lil sister! I'm glad I had such a wonderful big brother! I love u! Happy heavenly birthday!! #52....Miss you every day!!
R.I.P John Lee Ute Jr 11/03/10"
"It's such a shame you aren't here for all the wonderful things going in in our lives. Our family just keeps expanding more and more. I hope your happy with the way things are going. Love and miss you always!!"
"Missing you ...our family is not the same with you not here ... missing you... forever missed...."
"Its been so long since I've seen your face
so long since our last talk
but trust me when I say, I'll see you soon
memories last forever
but dont loose sight because, I'll see you soon!!
We'll pick up from where we left off, because I'll see you soon.
Mandee had a baby girl can u believe it missing you"
"I got through the holidays and with your strength I hope I made good memories for the family.I love and miss you and your dad. I was always so proud of you.I remember that when your Dad Passed you saying. Mom dad would want us to go on with our lives so stay strong and for you I am doing my best Love Mom"
"Some things will never be the same without you"
"It's Christmas Eve and your not here. I miss you so much daddy, I would give anything to have you back with us, healthy! Love you!"
"Today is Thanksgiving, and I am so thankful that you are a part of my life, and I was a part of yours. I love and miss you so very much. Love Donna"
"Today is Thanksgiving. I'm soo thankful u arent in pain anymore, but I really wish you were still here! Love you Daddy!!"
"Thank you. I needed to see you. I love you more than words could ever say."
I love you now and forever."
"Today were celebrating Colton and Camden's birthdays. I really wish u could be here with us. Having family gatherings for holidays and birthdays just isn't the same without you. I love and miss you Soo much daddy!
And I'm Sooooo glad mom found that pic of u and me!!!"
"Today was little camdens 1st Birthday. I am lighting your candle today for him. I love and miss you so much. My heart breaks every day that I wake up without you."
"Today is Colty's birthday, wish you were here to celebrate with us!! I love and miss you so much Daddy"
"Today I lite this candle for Two of the greatest men I have ever known.John Lee Sr. And John Lee Jr. I know that they are together and watching over us. Love and miss you both very much."
"I could really use ur guidence right now...and a hug!"
"Every day is a celebration of your life. I love you."
"Ah yes' the chocolet covered cherries, and your Mom's buckeyes. you had your hiding places for them. " Don't touch my peanutbutter pie either" You would tell the kids they had to pay you cash for a piece of pie. Miss you so much, and that sense of humor."
"I was at the dollar store yesterday and I saw chocolate covered cherries, the ones you always used to keep stashed in your room, and I started to cry. Needless to say I bought a box, and ill prolly go buy a couple more too."
"I miss you so much! There's so much going on that I wish you were here for. I really don't know what to do without you. Love you Daddy! Always and forever"
"Wow! Thank You."
"If you sent this beautiful fall day. Thank you, but would you please get rid of these birds! I Love you John Lee Ute Jr. With all of my being."
"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil Gibran"
"Thinking of you today, and everyday. Love you Daddy!"
"Asways, Always on my mind. I love you."
""Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...Wow! What a ride!""
"When I was on my drive to work this morning, I realized that it's a year since you've left us. I remember that it was so cold the evening you passed. Today it's so much warmer that I feel you're giving us comfort. Miss you so much! Wish you were here. RIP Uncle John."
"Everyday I ask God why he had to take you from us.I will probably never understand why he took a man who loved his family and friends they way you did at such a young age. I know you are watching over us, but I miss our talks and most of all your hugs and that smile! RIP!! Love you always .....
"You may be gone, but never forgotten. Its been a year..I missed you every day!! Hold me during surgery!! you may have passed, but you are always in my heart <3
R.I.P John!! 11/3/2010"
""Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." ~Kahlil Gibran"
"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland"
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Helen Keller"
"Missing you more and more everyday!!! Time does not heal all wounds. Love you always............."
"What's wrong with just being you?"
"He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule."
""The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."--Elisabeth Kubler Ross"
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault"
"Do not be unhappy just because I,m out of sight, remember that I,m with you every morning,noon, and night, but one thing is for certain though my life on earth is over, I am closer to you now than I ever was before.When you are walking down the street and you,ve got me on your mind I,m walking in your footsteps only half a step behind."
"What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
George Eliot"
"Each day is a gift and not a given right. So leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind. And try to take the road less travelled.~ Nickelback"
""If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all of your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fear"
"Not a day goes by that you are not in my thoughts. I love you so very much. "The mirrors in my sight will forever reflect our love"...."
"Yesterday, we didnt morn your passing, we celebrated your life. You ment so much to so many people. Love you Daddy!"
"Happy Birthday!!! I think about you everyday, and especially today!! You are missed and loved!!!!"
"Happy Birthday Daddy! Love, your little girl"
""your life was a blessing,
your memory a treasure.
You are loved beyond words
and missed beyond measure"
Happy Birthday my brother John!!
Would have been "51" Love you.... Miss You..R.I.P...11/3/2010"
"Happy Birthday John, I love you and miss you so much."
"I'm very grateful to have John as my brother in law! he was always there for Joni, me and the kids. No matter what! The best. God love him! He never asked for much. But he gave everything he had! I miss you!xoxo."
"Everyone should have a Son like John.I used to say he was my favorite son than say your my only son and he would give me that great big smile.He was always there for his friends and family.I love him so much and he is always in my mind and heart. Love you John Love Mom"
"Im the luckiest girl in the world to have u as my dad. You were there for every major and minor part of my life since i was 8 and there are no words to describe how much that means to me. Thank you for always being there for me no matter what. <3 ur always in my heart"
"I am blessed to have an Uncle like him in my life. I miss his double thumbs up when I would update him about anything in life. He was the type who never say anything negative but to encourage others. Most importantly, I sure miss his teasing and laughter. Miss you Uncle John!"
"I don't think there are to many sisters who can say that their brother was also their friend. Through thick and thin,good and bad.He was there. No judging, just loving. An advice giver and a listener. I miss our talks, and practical jokes and his silly grin. Loved always...."
"I am so blessed to have had this man in my life. I have loved, love, love this man with all my heart and soul. Never in the entire time we were together did I ever doubt his love for Jeff, Jen, and myself. He is and always will be the love of my life. I miss you so much John."
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Okay, so it's not Friday, but early warning gives you a chance to mull it over and make plans. Did you know that even though abstinence on Fridays is now optional, its correlated penitential requirement is not? Of course, if you're reading this blog you probably do, but if not a quick refresher on two points. First, Catechism no. 1438:
The seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice. These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works).
and then Canon 1250:
The penitential days and times in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
So all that tells you that you have to do something. But being the hard-headed people that we are we always want to know "why" before we'll change anything. Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a very good post on this subject that should make you think pretty hard about taking up this venerable practice once again. Indeed, it reaffirmed my desire to make this more a part of my prayer routine.
Here are ten good reasons for fasting on Friday. First, it gives you a penitential day in the week. This penitential day reminds you that you are a sinner. When you fast you feel bad and this reminds you that it is because of your sins that you should feel bad. It's very important for the spiritual life to have a day of penitence each week because it is very easy to forget we are sinners and fall into the complacent mind set that we are really ok people.


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Hymn Miniatures for Communion
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Sixty-Second Meditations for Piano. Composed by Larry Shackley. Sacred, Communion, Holy Week. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LX.70-1704L).
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Level 2 - This follow-up to Larry Shackley's popular collection of "Sixty-Second Hymn Settings" (70/1561L) provides fifteen new arrangements suitable for the communion service, where short, expressive instrumental pieces are often needed. Each piece lasts exactly one minute, contains no page-turns, and ends with an optional introduction to facilitate congregational singing. Blending musicality with practicality, "Hymn Miniatures for Communion" will become a favorite of busy keyboardists.
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If there were a qualifications list for the job as director of The Fly Shop Travel Department, the resume for that position would read like Pat Pendergast's biography. He came to The Fly Shop a little more than a dozen years ago in 1996...
Mike Mercer is one of those guys who gives the world around him his full, undivided attention. Imbued with grace and tireless in his lifelong pursuit of fish on a fly, he's a danger to fish everywhere, and an unmatched authority when it comes to honest, objective advice about the great fisheries of our planet.
Michael started with The Fly Shop® in 2001. In 2005 Michael agreed to trade in his rowing bench for the Outfitters desk. Now Michael has moved to our Travel Department and is specializing in Saltwater destinations. Hosting international fly fishing trips to exotic locations from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego.
Justin has traveled the globe guiding and learning the The Fly Shop's international destinations. He has guided the Kamchatka Peninsula every season since 2008. His passion for sea run fish and the craft of angling with a spey rod is unsurpassed. His unyielding drive to find fish has taken him all over the world.
Eric managed several of The Fly Shop's exclusive destinations (Paradise Lodge in the Yucatan, and Big Ku Lodge in Alaska) as well as spending time on the Ponoi River on the Kola Peninsula of Russia, in the Bahamas, and just living the dream. Becoming part their travel team is a perfect fit & a logical next step.
Mike is the owner of the Fly Shop, along with his wife Bertha. When not extolling the virtues of our world-class Travel packages to prospective customers, Mike travels to several locations each year to personally experience each of the quality fly fishing destinations.
You will speak with her when you are paying for your trip to all of our wonderful International destinations. She has been living in Redding for quite some time and is a wonderful addition to our staff.
She is responsible for obtaining all international flight schedules from our clients to coordinate schedules with our lodges to ensure a seamless connection and enjoyable fly fishing experience. Eileen is a twenty-five year resident to the Redding area and a welcome addition to the staff at The Fly Shop.
Brian has over four decades of experience as a guide, professional photographer, manufacturer representative and fly fishing adventurer, and will be instrumental in The Fly Shop's effort to continually push the envelope in developing eco-fly fishing travel destinations.
Christiaan has experience guiding in some of the most remote, adventurous fly fishing locales across the globe, including the Zambezi River in Africa, St Brandon's Atoll, Alphonse Atoll, and Astove Atoll in the Indian Ocean, the Zhupanova River in Kamchatka, and he is now...
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Located in Las Vegas (Summerlin), Best Western Plus Las Vegas West is convenient to Desert Breeze Park and Tivoli Village. This hotel is within close proximity of Badlands Golf Club and Angel Park Golf Club.
Make yourself at home in one of the 59 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Tim Burton feature and Sleepy Hollow Rare Images Gallery
Tim Burton: Has He Lost His Guts?
Feature by Dan Day Jr asking the qusestion has the Hollywood system neutered the man that brought us Sleepy Hollow and Mars Attacks!
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620 December 1, 1987 THE STATES TEACH A LESSON IN 'OFFERING CHOICE IN EDUCATION IN TRODUCTION America's schoolchildren today may have more curricular offerings than the schoolchildren of early 20th century America. They may have better buildings and more formally trained teachers. Yet who in America would say that the quality of today's education is not far worse than at the start of the century? The 1983 report A Nation At Risk made this fact depressingly clear. Since then, report after report from institutions dotting the political and ideological spectrums has played some variation on the original theme: standards are too low, teachers are too poorly prepared, too 'little time is spent on academic tasks, school leadership is weak, homework is rarely assigned.
The sheer volume of the complaints and their repetition have brought some wel come reforms, but it is not clear that these will reverse what A Nation at Risk described as the "rising tide of mediocrity True, high school graduation requirements have been reinstated and toughened; student and even teacher competency testing has recom menced; alternative routes to teacher certification are being tried; and more homework is being assigned.
After a modest rise in Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores m the early 1980s (which actually occurred before the "official" reform movement began), they h ave flattened at a level low by 1960s standards. Black students are making significant academic progress, but from a painfully low level, while whites are either standing still or sliding backwards. America's 17-year-olds know little about their literary a nd historical heritage,l and college students are neither prepared to receive nor are they receiving a true higher education.2 New Consensus Yet student performance has improved only marginally 1. Diane Ravitch and Chester E. Finn, Jr., Whut Do Our 17-Yew - Olds Kirow? (New York: Harper Row, 1987 2. Allan Bloom, The CIosing of the Amencun Mind (New York: Simon Schuster, 1987 2 Just as the consensus formed in 1983 was that ,American education was in a crisis, today a consensus is emerging that the crisis cann o t be overcome without a fundamental educational system overhaul that includes deregulation and educational choice. The Reagan Administration long has supported gimg parents, the consumers of education, greater choice in the elementary and secondary school s their children attend. And at least since 1981, so have many of the American people. For the past seven years, the Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools has registered that 44 percent of the American public supports a voucher sy s tem that would allow parents to choose among.public, parochial, or private schools. This year an astounding 71 percent of the respondents supported choice among public schools Parents Wanting Choice. For six years, opposition by the entrenched educational establishment and Congress has thwarted efforts to enact legislation giving parents the choice in education that they apparently want. Now the tide seems to be turning Example: The powerful and bipartisan National Governors' Association recommended choice in its seminal 1986 report, Time for Results. Says the report If we first implement choice, true choice among pubhc schools, we unlock the values of competition in the educational marketplace. Schools that compete for students, teachers, and dollars will, by virtue of the environment, make those changes that allow them to succeed Choice in the public schools is the deregulatory move needed to make schools more re~ponsive Example: Businessmen who comprise the mainstream Committee for Economic Development st a te Accountability and responsiveness in public education cannot be legislated, regulated, or achieved by fiat or good intentions alone. They require both incentives and disincentives. The system that best meets these objectives fairly efficiently, and rap i dly is a market sy~tern that "Attendance is much higher and dropout rates are much lower in those public schools--vocational and option[al] acadermc high schools--that students themselves have chosen to go to.'I6 Example: American Federation of Teachers P r esident Albert Shanker notes Despite this chorus of respectability praising choice, the U.S. Congress remains deaf. Although the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee set aside funds for pilot choice projects in its omnibus education bill passed in O c tober? both 3. Alec M. Gallup and David L. Clark, "The 19th Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools Phi Delta Kizppan, September 1987, pp. 17-30 4. National Governors' Assocation, Tie for Results: The Governors' 1991 Report o n Education [so- called because it is a five-year plan], Hall of the States, Washington, D.C 1986, p. 84 5. The Committee for Economic.Develo ment, Research and Policy Committee Investing in Our Children: Business and the Public Schoos P Washington, D.C 1 9 85, p. 28 6. Speaking to the National Governor's Association, lime for Results, p. 70 7. The Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary Improvement Act. -3 houses of Congress rejected the limited Administration proposal givin school their children receiv e compensatory services issue of choice, states and localities have been speeding ahead, experimenting with choice and assessing how it improves the quality of teaching and learning So far choice at state and local levels has. been restricted primarily to public education, in large part because the public education establishment, the general public, and even to some degree the private schools themselves resist including private schools.
Public educators see allowing greater choice of private schools as a threat to their monopoly, but they are also beginning to view public school choice as a way to entice private school students back into the public schools. Notes Ellen Hoffman districts t he option of allowing parents of low achieving students to c f oose where State Experiments. While the federal government remains gridlock over the Public school choice] very substantially reduces the argument for giving money to parents to send their chi l dren .to private schools. We could turn to a parent and say: Youve got a huge number of choices in the public sector why not take them?8 Many private schools, too, are reluctant to participate in a publicly funded voucher plan. They fear that government f u nding of vouchers will mean government regulation of the institutions that accept them. Private schools rightly prize their independence in such key aspects as teacher certification requirements, curriculum hiring and firing practices, pay and fringe bene f its, and faculty-student ratios. In fact, court battles are now being fought over the right of private schools to set their own policies in these areas Ixaming from the States. Despite these roadblocks to a universal voucher system that embraces public an d private schools, choice is occurring in America and producing some encouraging results. Choice is being used to desegregate schools reduce the dropout rate, help at-risk students, stimulate competition and excellence and educate rural students from towns that have no public schools.
Washington policymakers and those concerned about the health of the nations education have much to learn from the states. Almost anywhere they look, they will find examples of states experimenting with choice EXAMPLE #k HOW CH OICE AIDS DESEGREGATION-NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSEITS About half of the current choice programs are believed to have been started to promote desegregation. To date, the most popular kind of desegrefiation school has been the magnet school, in which the entir e school or school-wthin-a-school is organized around a particular theme, such as the arts or mathematics and scienceP In some cases, several magnet schools exist in a single district; students choose 8. Ellen Hoffman, Education Choice Debate, National Jou r nal, October 19, 1985 9. The federal government currently is funding 37 magnet schools. -4 from these and the regular neighborhood schools. The hope is that the academic tenor of the schools will be improved, thus attracting the white students who have le f t the district To varying degrees, this has occurred in a number of localities Powerful Magnets. A prominent example is East Harlem Community School District 4. In 1974, the district ranked 32nd out of 32 New York City districts in reading scores, suffere d from a skyrocketing dropout rate and rampant crime, and had lost most of its white students. Several teachers approached then district superintendent Anthony Alvarado with the suggestion that the district apply for federal funds available for the establi shment of magnet programs in minority neighborhoods. Alvarado agreed. Neighborhood attendance lines were abolished and experimental magnet schools were established with a total of just 90 students.
Each school began small and increased only with the demand for its services Principals and teachers designed unique educational programs around 'specific themes, such as the performing arts, mathematics and science, and sports.
Innovative brochures were published to advertise their schools.
Today, in addition t o the neighborhood schools, 21 school buildings are divided into 48 separate magnet junior high schools serving over 4,000 students. Sixty-four percent of the district's students are reading at or above grade level, and last year District #4 placed 16th i n citywide reading scores. Suspensions are down attendance rates are among the best in the city, and some'2,OOO white students have returned to the district Desegregating witb Choice. Another successful effort has been the Cambridge Massachusetts, "control l ed choice" program to achieve desegregation. Since 198 1 Cambridge residents have been. able to choose among the city's dozen elementary schools, but assignments are made so that the racial composition of every school and classroom reflects within 5 perce n tage points the racial composition of the city which is 40 percent minority. All beginning or new students register at the Parents' Information Center 1 PIC), where an assignment office makes the assignments on a first-come, first-served basis after paren ts have chosen three schools and ranked them in order of preference. Some 90 percent of the applicants go to a school that is one of their choices, normally their first, says Dorothy Jones PIC'S supervisor.
Reports Jones Although the schools are competing, they all know there are enough kids to go around. We don't get complaints, and we are attracting and holding a large percentage of people who could afford to move elsewhere In fact from 1979 to 1986, the share of eligible elementary pupils attending Camb ridge public schools rose from 78 percent to 88 percent. Some non-Cambridge parents even were sneaking their children across the district border and claiming Cambridge residency; this practice has now been banned.
Since Cambridge's controlled choice progra m began, no public school has resegregated, and test scores are up, especially those of minorities. According to Michael Alves of the Massachusetts Education Department's Office of Desegregation Cambridge public schools "have achieved more voluntary deseg r egation than any other school system in Massachusetts history and perhaps even more than any other school system in the United States."lO Choice has made schools compete," says Jones People have had to get their act together and recognize that parents are important people. They've had to put their best foot forward. It puts the schools on their mettle."
The Cambridge plan has been adopted by several cities. Fall River Massachusetts, for example, is using the model to integrate linguistic minorities, and Li ttle Rock Arkansas, is applying the'model to a much larger community EXAMPLE 2. REDUCING DROPOUT RATES THROUGH CHOICE WASHINGTON STATE Since 1978, Washington State's Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has contracted with so-called educatio n al clinics to provide short-term educational intervention services to hard-core dropouts--students out of school for at least 30 days who often have personal, family, or legal problems. Individual clinic programs vary widely, but all address the behaviora l and academic needs of their students. There are now twelve such state-sponsored clinics. All but one are run by private, nonprofit corporations (one is for profit and most are located in the state's major cities such as Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane. Any o rganization can initiate a dropout program, and if it meets state requirements, it can become a state-approved climc and eligible for funding Small Classes The state certifies and reimburses the clinics for diagno=and, in a sliding scale, for student inst r uctional hours. Clinics that provide a one-on-one student-teacher ratio receive $16.00 per student per hour (per student hour a ratio of two to five students to one teacher draws $10.00 per student hour; while six or more students to one teacher receives $ 5.00 per student hour. This formula encourages small classes, since research has shown that smaller classes are a critical factor in successful dropout prevention programs, according to Jerry Thornton of Washington's State Department of Education In the 1 9 86-1987 academic year, the clinics served 1,700 students, aged 13 to 19. Most of the participants heard about the clinics through advertising, the media or word of mouth, re orts Barbara Mertens, Director of Private Education and one with a program. that appeals to them. There are no residency requirements.
The goals of the clinics are to have the dropouts reenter regular school pass the General Educational Developmental Test or the high school equivalency exam, or obtain employment in 1980 to twelve in 19 87, and in funding from less than $1 million per year from currently in charge o P the clinics. Participants apply to a clinic. in their area. or to The clinics have been quite successful. They have grown in number from four 10. Michael J. Alves, "Maximiz i ng Parental Choice and Effective Desegregation Outcomes: The Cambridge Plan in FamiIy Choice and Public Schools: A Report to the State Board of Education, Massachusetts Department of Education, January 1986, p. 48. -6 1978 through the early 1980s to $3.2 m illion for the current annual budget In the 1983-1984 academic year, 64 percent of the graduating students had achieved a mean gain of 4.6 on the Peabody Individual Achievement Test. A five-year longitudinal study completed in November 1984, moreover, fou n d 70 percent of the climc graduates engaging in a "constructive activity," such as employment, schooling or the military.ll Despite its apparent success, the program has never been popular with the public education establishment. In fact, says Ron Perry, a staff member for Washington's Legislative Budget Committee, at first the clinics were ignored by the State Superintendent and left out of the budget. llIn spite of that powerful education bloc," said Thornton, "the education clinics have still managed to get funded," in large part, adds Mertens, because they are popular with the legislators EXAMPLE #3: PROM-G EXCE!LLENCE! THROUGH CHOICE MINNESOTA Minnesota for many years has pioneered educational choice, offering tax incentives to increase educational opt i ons. Since 1955, for instance, Minnesota has allowed a tax deduction to help parents cover tuition and transportation costs at either a public or nonpublic school. Minnesota is the model for efforts in such other states as Utah, where taxpayers are attemp ting to place a tuition tax credit on the ballot.
More important is the 1987 Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act. This enables 11th and 12th grade' public high school students to enroll free of charge in postsecondary institutions and tzike college course s for high school credit, which upon graduation becomes college credit. Thus, it is possible for these Minnesota students to complete two full years of college free of charge by the time they are 18 years of age. Admissions decisions are made by the posts e condary schools and state general education funds are given to them to finance the courses. Although the high school loses money if students choose to attend a postsecond institution, it school costs If the college tuition costs are below the amount norma l ly spent by the school on educating a student, the school also receives the difference still receives its standard aid allotment (which is money in excess Y o per pupil Unhappy in High SchoOL In 1985-1986, the Minnesota Department of Education randomly su r veyed 1,000 of the 3,668 students pafticipating in the Postsecondary Enrollment Program. Only 1 percent of the participating students had opted to enroll in a postsecondary institution full time. Most were just taking one or two courses. The few full-time r s were usually those students who had been unhappy in high school or who had taken all of their required high school courses and were not involved in extracurricular activities. About 6 percent of the participating students had been high school dropouts. A ccording to Postsecondary 11. "Report on Educational Clinics Program Years 1982-1984 Report No. 85-7, State of Washington Legislature, Budget Committee, Olympia, Washington, 1985 7 Enrollment Options Director Jesse Montano, they have performed well at the college level.
About one-half of the students surveyed were attending community colleges, 17 percent were enrolled in the University of Minnesota, and 17 percent were attending other state universities. Ten percent were at vocational technical institutes, and 6 percent were taking courses from private colleges. Although the surveyed students high schools, Montano reports that, in over 50 percent of these courses, the students received grades of A or B reported that the college courses were more difficult t han those offered by their The Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program may have an unexpected benefit: high schools may begin to improve their course offerings. One St. Paul high school, said St. Paul's Superintendent of Schools David, Bennett, has worke d with University of Minnesota professors to start American literature classes within the high school. The course is taught jointly by university and high school staff and the students receive college credit The students responded very well," said Bennett. The school "had a 'full class right off the bat Although the program is expensive for the high school (the aid for the students for that portion of the day goes to the university), it is so popular that there are plans to expand it to other high schools i n the district In January 1987, the Minnesota legislature took another pro-choice step by passing a bill establishing the Enrollment 0 tions Program. Under the program participating districts; state aid will be provided to the school of their choice. The p a rticipating districts may set aside court-ordered racial quotas, and they may disapprove an application because of lack of space. Otherwise they must accept all students who apply. As of July, 95 out .of Minnesota's 435. school districts had agreed to par ticipate in this. program kindergarten to grade 12 students can trans P er to public schools in other EXAMPLE #4 CHOICE ENSURES QUALITY EDUCATION FOR RURAL SIlJDJ3NTSWRMONT Most advocates of education vouchers believe that vouchers are a new idea.
In fact, Vermont has had a "tuition system based on a form of voucher, since the 19th century. The program was established by a 1894 amendment to a 1880 statute When no p ublic high schools exist in [a] town, then such upils shall be schools exist in said town, s a id board may provide such instruction for such pupils in those of some other to wn within or without the state."12 provided for in the academies or seminaries of the town, and i no such Payments to Approved Schools. Legislation in the past century permitt ed the tuitioning out" of elementary students to public elementary schools, and it made sectarian private high schools ineligible to participate in the tuitioning out system 12. Act 97 of 18
80. In John McClaughry, Educational Choice in Vermont (Concord, V ermont Institute for Liberty and Community, 1987 8 Currently, 95 of Vermont's 246 towns neither have a public high school nor belong to any of the state's 26 union high school districts where two, or more towns jointly have formed a high school. Some 33 V ermont towns have no public elementary school.l3 For students in these towns, payments are made to any approved high school or elementary school, in or out of the state, equal to the average per pupil cost of education, which currently is over $3,0
00. If the tuition at the chosen school exceeds that amount, the parents make up the difference.
In school year 1984-1985, roughly 25 percent (7,633) of Vermont's high school students were "tuitioned out" to public and private schools under the program Of these, 57 percent (4,312) attended Vermont public schools; 7.3 percent (560 attended public schools in adjacent states, and 36 percent 2,761 attended private schools and academies in Vermont and eight other states.1 1 Unions Blocking Choice. In 1985, leg islation was introduced to allow eligible towns to "tuition out" elementary students to approved private elementary schools.
This bill was buried in the Vermont House Education Committee because of strong opposition from the teacher's union (an affiliate o f the National Education Association Last year, the education establishment tried to push the legislature to Prohibit "tuitioning out to out-of-state private schools and to require school boards in the towns to contract with independent regional hi h scho ols designated by the session.
State Board of Education. There was no action on t !i ese measures in the 1986 The Vermont teacher's union is adamantly opposed to the current choice system, says Vermont's choice expert John McClaughry, because the union fea rs the small towns with public schools will close them and simply contract with private schools. Indeed, he says, the town of Plainfield was considering doing just that earlier this year. Other towns, he said, are assessing their options to remaining in a union high school district.
Although religious schools are excluded, elementary students can attend onl public schools, and adverse weather conditions limit the free movement needed I or strong competition between schools, the Vermont system seeins to wor k quite well THE MISING INGREDIENT IN CHOICE THE PRIVATE! SEKIOR Choice limited primarily to the public sector may be preferable to no choice at all. It is not preferable to an educational system in which public and private schools compete on equal footin g. Only then will competition stimulate excellence.
Private schools have had long experience successfully meeting the needs of their consumers, primarily by offering a superior education at reasonable cost. An analysis of the federal "1981 High School and Beyond Survey" of 1,015 high schools indicates that private and Catholic high schools are more effective than public 13. hid 14. hid. -9 schools in improving student's cognitive skills.ls This finding has been reinforced in a two-year follow-up study by e d ucation researchers, professors James Coleman of the University of Chicago and Thomas Hoffer of Northern Illinois University. This study shows, among other things, that students in private and Catholic high schools are more likely to graduate from high sc hool and to enter and stay in college.
Catholic schools, moreover, were found to be especially effective in increasing the achievement of disadvantaged students and in retaining potential dropouts.l6 1985-1986 school year, the total public school expenditu re per pupil was $4,051 That same year, 27.9 percent of all private elementary and secondary schools charged between 500 and $1,000 in tuition; 26.4 percent charged between $1,001 and $1,500; 14.6 percent between $1,501 and $2,500; and 18.2 percent over $ 2 ,500.17 The larger size of the public'schools, moreover, does not warrant the difference in cost. According to Coleman and Hoffer's follow-up study as public schools exceed 1,000 students, their average per pupil cost rises, while expenditures fall in tho s e few Catholic schools with student populations over 1,O0O.l8 Saving Money. Private schools also appear to be more cost-effective. In the Perhaps the greatest strength of private schools is their traditional focus on character development or moral excelle n ce. This is something Americans apparently prize highly. Some 64 percent of the respondents to the 1984 Gallup survey said that they expect schools to teach their children right from wrong a two-edged sword. Private schools could be put out of business by a public education establishment seeking to restrict rather than to enhance choice.
Alternatively, the prospect of such regulations might prevent private schools from joining a program. This was the case in California's Alum Rock choice experiment in the early 1970s, where a local certification council set regulations regarding teacher certification requirements, pay and fringe benefits, and teacher-student ratios that effectively excluded the ,private schools.19 Including Private Schools. Thus regulation s attached to government vouchers or other money are a serious stumbling block to the participation of many private schools, particularly fundamentalist Christian schools. The recent Supreme Court decision in School Bod o Nassau County v. Arline, declaring contagious diseases a If private schools are considered direct recipients of government funds via a voucher, they could legally be compelled to comply with government mandates that Drawing private schools into a voucher-type arrangement, however, could pr o ve handicap protected under f ederal handicapped laws, has exacerbated their concerns 15. James Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, and Sally Kilgore, High School Achievement (New York Basic Books, 1982 16. James Coleman and Thomas Hoffer, Public and Private Schools (New York Basic Books, 1987 17. Digest of Education Statistics 1987, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S.
Department of Education 18. Coleman and Hoffer, 1987, op. cit., p. 39 19. Dwight R. Lee The Uncertain Prospects for Educational Vouche rs The Intercollegiute Review Spring 1986, pp 29-38 10 violate their code of ethics Thus any choice legislation that includes private schools should stipulate that money received by a private school does not constitute government funding of that school bu t , rather, parental funding employed as a result of free choice CONCLUSION Educational choice is an effective way to raise education standards, and it provides parents with an important freedom. The choice models now existing in the public sector show that it helps achieve racial integration, entices dropouts back to school, improves student performance, provides stimulating educational options and responds to unique situations of limited public facilities. These are lessons that the states experimenting wi th choice are teaching the rest of the nation.
The federal government should start paying attention to these lessons In the best of American traditions, Washington should learn from the states as the states learn from each other.
These lessons should lead to actions. Among them Private sectarian and nonsectarian schools should be included in choice options State and federal governments should refrain from excessive regulation and let the American people set standards and correct deficiencies through the e xercise of free choice The U.S. Congress, learning from state efforts, should convert some of the federal education programs into vouchers as the Reagan Administration has proposed.
Eileen M. Gardner M.J. Murdock Fellow for Education Policy Studies