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  • ^Vestern Carolinian June 15,1995 ews Hunt Hears Teachers; Town Meeting at NCCAT by Sherry Bradley & Ken Melton Staff Reporters Governor James B. Hunt Jr. held a Teacher Town Meeting in Cullowhee on Friday, June 9, to hear from Western North Carolina teachers about education reform efforts currently underway. The town meeting, conducted at The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching,continues a series the Governor, as Chair of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, began last summer. "Teachers' Town Meetings are a forum for teachers to tell me what is happening in the classroom and what students need in our schools. Their input can make the difference in the success of our education reform efforts," Hunt said. Hunt's Education Reform Agenda this year reflected much of what he heard from teachers during town meetings last year including smaller classes, increased school flexibility, and less bureaucracy in Raleigh and local school systems. "Hearing from teachers is a critical step in improving our schools; so, we must listen to teachers to make sure we do all we can to make our schools better," Hunt said. Hunt's Education Reform Agenda also includes making schools safer, improving the quality of teaching, and setting higher standards for students. In the current legislative session Hunt has proposed a "zero tolerance" policy for drugs, weapons and violence in schools, and the Senate has passed his measure to require automatic one-year suspensions for any student who brings a firearm to school. Hunt has proposed additional resources for alternative schools and a new educational boot camp for students who are expelled. To improve teaching quality, Hunt would like for teachers to know more so that they can teach more effectively. "Lots of ideas have been tried in an attempt to reform schools, but I'm convinced that better teaching is the key,"Hunt said. Governor Hunt would like to establish higher standards for teachers and find ways to strengthen the recruitment and retention of quality teachers. He wants teachers to be as skilled and as valued as doctors and lawyers. He believes there is a need to overhaul teaching education and raise standards for teachers at the state level. When asked how much these changes would cost, Hunt said, "Of course it's going to cost a little more, but we just have to do it. It might cost more money, but you get a better product." Hunt advocates raising standards for students as well as teachers in schools, and has developed an Education Standards and Accountability Commission to lead the effort. The commission has recommended ten basic skills like reading,writing and using numbers that high school seniors must be able to demonstrate in real life settings in order to graduate. The commission is now working in ten model school systems to come up with fair ways to measure how well students grasp these skills. When asked if state-wide standards such as these might encourage teachers to coach students in passing performance tests, Governor Hunt said he was not afraid that this would be the result. "Students will be taught what they need to know, and that's what we want. We want them to learn to think; we want them to learn to work in teams," Hunt said. In addition to raising standards for teachers and students, Governor Hunt believes that schools need to be restructured for better teaching and learning. However, Hunt is opposed to a voucher system because he believes it would jeopardize the public school system. "The voucher proposals being discussed would take 104 million dollars out of the treasury that is now going to public schools and colleges, and this would be a huge mistake," Hunt said. Although Hunt is against vouchers, he believes there is a need for more choices within the public school system. According to Governor Hunt, the main objective of The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future is to improve schools in America. The commission is studying current school reform efforts and what they mean for teachers. The group hopes to develop a teaching force that can meet the demands of the 21st century. The commission report will be issued in the Fall of 1996. Sig Ep Drowns in Lake Sunday, May 21, WCU student Drew Bernard Plemmons was found in Wolf Creek Lake drowned in 8 ft. of water. Plemmons, 21, had been fishing by himself in the lake on Saturday, and according to police reports, slipped by accident into the lake around 2 to 2:30 am. Drew Plemmons was born on June 23, 1973 in Asheville, North Carolina. His funeral was held at Newfoundland Baptist Church in Asheville on May 24. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Plemmons' funeral was attended by 45 of his fraternity brothers. Bill Haggard, Dean for Student Development, commented that, "the accident was most unfortunate," and that Plemmons left a lot of friends behind that will miss him. Drew Bernard Plemmons Western Carolinian Staff, Editor in Chief E. Lynn Jones Associate Editors Earle Wheeler Features Editor Colin Gooder Entertainment Editor & Ad Design Cliff Meaks Paste-up & Ad Sales Marcus DeMaaijer Photography Staff Writers: Tony Castleberry, Ken Melton,Gary Leigh, Bryan Hunter, Sherry Bradley, September Nyang'oro, Ronald Wolfe & Kevin McPherson Patrick Benson Office Manager Katherine Torrence Office Manager & Ad Sales ,
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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