Tomorrow's
Schools Will Be
Far Different
Racially, Ethnically
Educational planners don't need a
crystal ball to predict what issues
and challenges lie ahead for the
public schools. Current demogra
phical data on the growth of minor
ity populations, the flow of immi
grants to the II.S .. and changes in
family structure make it clear that
tomorrow's schools will be serving a
much more racially and ethnically
diverse population
That's the theme of a new report,
"A Look at the Present,'' released
by the National Education Associa
tion. In the report, author Harold L.
Hodgkinson, a scholar-in residence
at the American Council on Educa
tion, highlights the demographic
and social trends that he believes
will significantly affect America’s
educational system. For example:
• Birth rates for minority groups
are significantly higher than for
whites.
For Mexican Americans,
the birth rate is 2.9, for Blacks 2.4,
while the rate for whites is 1.7 —and
declining for middle-class whites
As a result of this disparity in birth
rates, schools in many parts of the
country will be dealing with larger
percentages of minority students
Already in Texas.
Hodgkinson
points out, more than 46 percent of
all public school students are non
white. In California, the majority of
elementary school students are non
white.
• The number of teenagers giv
ing birth is on the rise
In 1984,
200,000 infants were born to teen
agers, 10,000 of them born to
mothers under age 15. Every day in
this country 40 teenagers give birth
to their third child.
In addition, those teen mothers —
many of them dropouts themselves
— produce a very high rate of pre
mature babies with low birth
weights, a factor that research has
linked to learning difficulties later in
life.
• There are 14 million immigrants
in the United States today, repre
senting more linguistic and cultural
diversity than this country has ever
experienced.
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July 30, 1986, Portland Observer, Page 3
Reception Held For StuHontg
by Jerry Garner
A reception was held last Friday
at Portland Community College
Cascade Campus, in honor of seven
African American students from the
Portland Public Schools for their
participation in Project Home
coming 86
They were Kim Williams, Cleve
land; Chris Robertson, Benson;
Rochelle Scruggs. Jefferson; Mar
shewn Boyd. Benson. Billy White.
Grant; Lanell Romier. Roosevelt;
and Francine Romier, Roosevelt
Project Homecoming is a pro
gram that introduces high school
students from Alaska. California,
Oregon and Washington State to
historically Black colleges and uni
versities
Project Homecoming
focuses on the Atlanta University
complex Atlanta University, Clark
College. ITC, Morehouse College.
Morris Brown and Spelman College
The students and their chaperons
will depart for Atlanta on October 11
and return to Portland October 19
This program is a unique educa
tion opportunity for the students to
meet college students and admint
strators. They will visit academic
departments, sit in on classes, dis
cuss academic and career opportu
nities with knowledgabie profes
sionals and tour the city of Atlanta
Gina Woods, program coordina
tor for the Oregon area of Project
Homecoming said the students will
tour the Martin Luther King Center
for Social Changes and attend a
Summer Get Acquainted Set''
during the trip
"This will be an
opportunity for Project Home
coming students to get acquainted
with students and develop a net
work," said Wood.
Those who apply for Project
Homecoming must meet the follow
ing qualifications:
1. Must be a 9th, 10th, ,1th or
12th grade student during
the ,906 87 school year
Students must maintain at
least a 2.5 grade point aver
age
2 Must be a resident of Alas
ka. California. Oregon or
Washington State
3 Must have an interest in
attending
a
historically
Black college or university
4 Must be willing to partici
pate in an approved com
munity service program
5. Must be willing to pay a
reasonable portion of the
trip cost This amount will
be determined by the Pro
ject Committee.
Tax deductible contributions can
be sent to Project H o m e c o m in g
86 P O Box 12440. Portland.
Oregon 97212.
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Recent research reveals that more
than 50 percent o í married »omen will
he unfaithful at least once, and more
than 70 percent of married men Bui
affairs can he avoided by paying atten
tion to three early warning signs, re
ports the June Reader's Digest
• Ixineliness. If, »hen at home, you
routinely spend more time working
than with your spouse, you're hcg
ging for trouble People feel alone
when they have no one with whom to
share their daily experience
• Monotony. Remember the stages of
romance — the tease, the chase, the
thrill o f discovery, the unrelenting
passion ’ Affairs recapture that ad
venture for people caught up in such
maniai ruts as making love in the
same place at the same time
• Failure to communicate. Lack of
communication breeds frustration,
and frustration begets anger When
the anger filters into all parts of
couples' lives, especially sex — the
most intimate form o f communica
tion — the end of the marriage is
near I hc greater the pain, the more a
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fection
Whether an affair has occurred or
not. there are ways to rebuild a shaky
marriage Here are a few suggestions
from the June Reader's Digest:
• Establish priorities. Your spouse
comes before your job and family
• Set realistic goals. Never use the
past as a standard for measuring your
current relationship People change,
and so do relationships.
• Hr willing to change. Express affec
tion, starting out with little caring
acts And never take your partner for
granted.
• Avoid trigger points. Stay away
from topics that elicit anger, such as
money Your communication — and
your relationship — should drasti
cally improve
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