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Rallying Around Education
Aid To Train Young People
H o u sin g S e c re ta ry A n d rew
C uom o M onday a n n o u n ced
$700,000 in assistance to the City
o f P o r tla n d , O re g o n a n d to
Y o u th b u ild e rs Inc., o f P o rtlan d ,
to train young high school d ro p
outs to build and ren o v ate low-
in c o m e h o u s in g th r o u g h the
Y outhbuild program .
N atio n w id e, C uom o said the
D epartm ent o f H ousing and U r
ban D ev elo p m en t is aw ard in g
$27.9 m illion this w eek to 41
o rg a n iz a tio n s in 22 sta te s and
the D istrict o f C o lu m b ia under
Y outhbuild
High school drop-outs ages 16-
24 from low -incom e fam ilies par
tic ip a te in Y ou th b u ild
‘‘T his p rogram h elp s young
peo p le build good c a re e rs for
them selves w hile they build good
h o u sing for fam ilies in n eed ,"
C uom o said. "W ith the c o n s tru c
tio n s k i l l s th e y le a r n in
Y o u th b u ild ers, young people can
support th em selv es for a life
tim e .”
In P o rtlan d , HUD a ssista n c e
will give 32 young p e o p le o n
site train in g in the c o n stru c tio n
trad es, along w ith le a d e rsh ip d e
velo p m en t and e d u c a tio n a l o p
po rtu n ities.
Fam ily D aycare C e n te r
Teach For America Week, a nationwide event that called upon successful American's from a variety o f fields to spend on hour
sharing thier knowledge and experience with urban and rural public school students, gains support from Rep. Loius Stokes of Ohio.
(503) 240-6444
W elcom e
Minority Enrollment Drops
The number of minorities enter-
ig U.S. medical schools dropped
lis year, most drastically in states
ffected by affirmative-action roll-
acks.
The Association of American Medi
al Colleges released a study Saturday
f the nation's 125 accredited medical
chools that showed an 11 percent
rop in blacks, American Indians,
dexican-Americans, Chicanos and
'uerto Ricans applying to medical
chools In addition, 6.8 percent fewer
i those minority students were ac-
epted for 1997 than in 1996.
Some educators fear the figures
how that actions of a federal court in
"exas and the voters of California to
end educational preferences for mi
norities are echoing through the na
tion Minorities are discouraged Irom
applying, and administrators have
become overly cautious about ad
missions policies, they say.
"This is an ominous sign for the
medical community and our nation,
which badly needs a physician work
force that is both diverse and reflec
tive of our society as a whole," the
association's president, Jordan J.
Cohen, said.
He said the downturn is clearly
linked to Proposition 209, with which
California’s electorate ended affir
mative action in state institutions,
and the Hopwood federal court deci
sion in Texas. Together, they ended
affirmative action in four states.
According to the report. 17 percent
fewer minority students applied totheir
state medical schools in California
anil in Texas, M iss is sip p i and Louisi-
ana, states covered by the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals decision that
affirmative action is unconstitutional
The number accepted in the four states
plunged by 27 percent
“The threat to affirmative action
in many states is sending the signal to
minority students (hat they are tin
welcome," said Hector Garza, vice
president for access and equity pro
grams at the American Council on
Education.
te a c h e rs ,” said P aulus. “ I am
p le a se d to see an increase in
te a c h e r reco g n itio n program s,
but we need to do m ore to a p
p lau d teach ers.
“ E v en little th in g s - like
c a rd s and notes from parents or
fo rm er stu d e n ts — can m ake a
d iffe re n c e .” added Paulus.
H u d so n h a s p re s e n te d at
m ath te a c h e r c o n fe re n c e s in
O reg o n and o th e r states. She is
a fin a list for the P resid en tial
A w ard for E x cellen ce in M ath
e m a tic s T each in g .
In a d d itio n , she has directed
fo u r m ain stag e m usical p ro
d u c tio n s at W est L inn.
She jo in e d the W est Linn
sta ff in 1989 a fte r teaching six
y ears at B arlow High School in
G resham .
H udson h olds b a c h e lo r’s d e
grees in math education and the
a te r a rts from the U n iversity of
O regon and a m a s te r's degree
in teach in g from L ew is & Clark
C o lleg e.
She is e lig ib le for N ational
T e a e h e r o f the Y ear in a p ro
gram sp o n so red by the C ouncil
o f C h ie f State School O fficers
and S c h o la stic . Inc.
She will speak at the O regon
S ch o o l B oards A sso c ia tio n ’s
an n u al co n v en tio n N ov. 15 at
9 : 1 5 a m. in the M arriott H otel.
In January she will meet with
o th e r state te a c h e rs o f the year
at a c o n f e r e n c e in D a lla s ,
T ex as. O th er a c tiv itie s include
a N AS A Space C am p w ith slate
te a c h e r w in n ers and a national
teach er forum next fall in W ash
in g to n , D C .
Transportation Available
Renee' Ward
CPR Certified / Licensed
"Where the Little Ones Count"
Support tor a career
with no boundaries.
West Linn teacher
named teacher of the Year
W est Linn High School m ath
teacher N icki H udson, who c ru
sade lor her vision o f w hat math
education should be, today was
nam ed 1998 O regon T each er
of the Year. The ann o u n cem en t
was m ade by S tate S c h o o ls
Supt. N orm a Paulus d u rin g a
surprise visit to her sch o o l.
H udson, who holds d eg rees
in th eater arts as w ell as m a th
em atics, firm ly b e lie v e s s tu
dents need to be players in their
own ed u catio n . She loo k s for
the "in n er m a th e m a tic ia n ” in
each student.
“ 1 know that if I touch th e ir
souls w ith the c o n v ic tio n that
math is im portant and in te re s t
ing." H udson said , "th ey will
becom e math a m b a ssa d o rs.”
"T here is n o th in g p a ssiv e
about N ic k i’s c la s s e s ,” said
W est Linn Supt. R oger W oehl.
"She carries that en th u siasm to
her c o lle a g u e s and c o m m u
nity."
She believ es classro o m d is
c u ssio n s sh o u ld b eg in w ith
posing a problem to the s tu
dents and hearing th eir ideas
and their reaso n in g b efo re in
troducing form al co n cep ts.
"A ppro ach in g m ath in this
w ay,” she said, "m y stu d e n ts
begin to see the b eauty o f the
grand math ideas w hile a tta c k
ing the skills of nitty g ritty
problem solving w ith en e rg y ,
co nfiden ce and d e lig h t."
She was nominated for the award
by the West Linn faculty.
"The purpose o f this p ro
gram is to draw p ublic a tte n
tion to O re g o n 's o u tsta n d in g
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