Survey finds ‘pervasive’ violence in relationships
WASHINGTON
(AIM — Fourteen per
< «»nt of American
women soy they have
I wen battered by hus
bands or boyfriends,
according to a survey released Mondav that
found n “pervasive amount of violence in
private relationships.''
"More women are seriously injured by
beatings than by < ar act idents. muggings,
and rape combined." s«iid F.stn Holer, exec
utive director of the Family Violence Pre
vention Fund, a San From isco-bos*id advo
cncv group that financed the survey.
"Domeslii violence fills emergent \
rooms and morgues, contributes to juve
nile delinquonco and destroys families."
Solcr said in releasing the survey at a hear
ing of the Mouse Knergv and Commerce
subcommittee on health and the environ
ment.
Based on telephone interviews with
Ainerii ans 1H and older, the survey
found that :n peri ent of Americans say
they have witnessed an episode of domes
tic violent e
"They're not unuffei ted bystanders,"
said Dr. Mark. Rosenberg, a psyi hiatnst
and acting assoi late dirm tor for public
health prai tices at the National Outer for
Injury Prevention and Control, a part of
the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
"Their lives are affet ted by what they re
witnessing. Hoy s who witness violence in
the home have tin increased chance id
grow mu up to he perpetrator* of i iolem >•
when thin create their own family, and
girls w ho witness re|MMttKl v iolem e in the
home have an increased likelihood of
grow ing up and las oining v utinis of their
spouse." Rosenberg sail! in an interview
from the OX: in Atlanta
President Clinton’s t‘>'M budget pro
posal includes $10 million lor a new
national prevention and publu education
program on violence against women,
including family violence and violence
against women In strangers or their dates
Soler’s survey. who h has a statistn al
margin of error of plus or minus I peri ent.
found half of all women believe hatter -
mg is not urn ommou in retnnunsnips won
men
"Chn (tersunal lives .in- not free from vio
lent <> or four of physical harm from tln>
people we love Aniern .ins ui know lege
.1 pervasive .1 mount of v loleni e in private
relationships the group's report said
The reseuri hers said thev found that
slim ing. pushing and throwing things are
not rare when a man and woman fight Hut
as the lev el of pin sk al v intent e est .dates,
both men anil women at know lege that
men harm women more than women harm
men
Hie public, at i ortling to the survey . no
longer hinnies the woman or est uses the
man fordomestn violent e
California school tries year-round experiment
OAKLAND. Calif. (AH) —
Nathan Inwood's school year
starts Sept. 1 and ends Aug 31
He likes it that way.
"I don't have to wail for after
si hool to have fun." the 17-year
old senior savs "I’m having fun
in school."
Inwood is one of about 350 stu
dents attending the private Hea
i on I)a\ and High Si hool. one of
only a handful of schools in the
nation with a continuous si hool
year.
The schools are open 10 Ml
hours a day and the longest break
is a week between (Ihristmas and
New Year’s. Other than that, stu
dents who want to vacation do
w hat their parents tin — ask for
time off and schedule a week or
two as necessary
It s a big change from the tra
ditional si hool year, where June
heralds the texfhook-tossing start
of w hat i an seem like an endless
summer vacation.
Hut Inwood said it isn't a big
w rem h getting up and going to
si hool in July "It's not like I am
on inv own with it
Set in a i (inverted warehouse
along Oakland's gritty waterfront.
Beacon attracts a diverse student
body. The high school is about
till percent while, 30 percent
black. 5 percent Asian and 5 per
cent Hispanic, said t o-founder
Leslie Medme Lees are S-*'*<> a
month fur elementary students.
$550 a month for the high school
Class time lakes up about sis
hours a day. with before- and
after m bool programs available
Day schoolers attend 240 days,
high s< hool students have a 215 ■
iia\ sear. < ompared to the ly pi
c;.j public school year of about
lilt) days.
"It's a lot of serious work." said
si hool spokeswoman Diana Cor
doll
Heat on's innovative approai h
drew a visit in March from the
National education t'.ommission
on Time and Learning, which
will report to Congress next year
on whether American kids
should spend more time in
s< hool.
Medine said the idea behind
the si hedule was to both improve
the curriculum and cut out wasl
ed review time each fall
Students sav more time means
they don't have to panic if they
are slow to grasp a particular con
cept Another advantage is that
they are placed according to
developmental level in various
suhjei Is. not by age, and there is
little formal testing
The concept ol year-round
school is not new Schools in
Japan and burope have long had
extended school years and day s
‘I don't hove to wait for after school to
have fun. I'm having fun in school
Nathan Inwood
17 year old servo
lillt f«*V\ N< IlIHlIs 111 till' t'llllt'll
St,iti-s have followed suit, soul
(,ary Marv spokesman lor tin*
A morn .in A suck i.itiou of Si hoot
Administrators
There are skv ro« keting es|Ms
tations for s< hools in this coun
try but them's also a fairly sub
stantial public commitment to
maintaining .idiupiate summer
time off." he said
Some private si bools oiler s|ie
i ud summer sessions, and some
puhlii si bools have started kis'p
mg si hoots open year-round,
mainly to ai commodate i rowd
ed districts
One obstacle to year-round
si liool, offii ials say. is paying
teat tiers for the eslra time and
getting them to agree to the lost
holiday
Hut teat tiers at Huai on said the
lost time off is a small price for
the pleasure of being able to teat h
properly
Medine det lined to give her
tear herslsalary range, she said
they are paid more. < omensurate
to the added time they must
work She "..tul she runs lie.it on
mi about llir sonic amount ol
money per slmlciil as her pul)
III si IiimiI peers, with the .lllvotl
luge til mil paving lur all those
folks down towi! doing whatever
il is they re doing down Ihere
I’arcnl |udi Veager, who is also
a leai her al t ktkland I llgll S* IiimiI
said she has adapted some ol Ilea
i mi’s ideas to the magnet pro
grant in who It she teai lies and
would like to see more iutlova
toms to a s\ stein plagued by no
lent e and low test si ores
Kids are ()h vvhen they i ome
in The system i an break down a
kid's love ol learning.” she said
Oakland s« IiimiIs spokeswoman
Sherri Willis said puhlii si liools
are doing their best under the
i oustrii lions ol stale and 'federal
i ontrols and dw milling funds
Sure students deserve mine
instruc tion, hut given the timbrel
las that we work underlie, it It we
have to get approval from the Iwit
tom and the top lielore we i an do
anything.” she said
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