European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 17, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 teachers fee Leit out in education reforms new York a a majority of teachers fed their views Aren t being sought in shaping education reforms sweeping the country and More than one in four say they Are Likely to quit the classroom within five years. Clearly Many teachers feel left out of the wave of Reform said Louis Harris who conducted the second annual metropolitan life Survey of the american  teachers Are As opposed As Ever to Merit pay according to the latest Survey. Most Are leery of allowing school districts to hire non certified persons As teachers a grow ing practice in new York City los an Geles new Jersey and elsewhere. Low salaries and poor working conditions were cited by nearly two thirds of the 27 percent of teachers who said that they were very Likely or somewhat Likely to leave the profession in five years. More than half of All teachers surveyed said they had seriously considered leaving the profession for some other occupation. Those who have stayed on said they did so mainly because of their love of teaching. In the Telephone Survey of 1,847 Public schoolteachers conducted Between april and june 36 percent said they experience great stress on the Job compared with Only 27 percent of All american adults who say they feel that Way. Teachers arc telling the american pub Lic that education is headed for deep trouble unless teaching is treated As a True proves lion said Mary Hatwood Futrell presi Dent of the National education association. Futrell and Albert Shanker head of the rival teacher Union the american Feder teachers salaries average for selected . Public school districts in dollars or 1985-86 school year Philadelphia i Chicago Cleveland new Yorr los anodes 29,624 29,000 129,000 28,951 27,116 pm Lauderdale 22,935 Csc ago Tribune Chart source american federation erf teachers action of teachers were at a news Confer ence where the findings were  years teacher poll asked different questions from the first one released a Littleover a year ago by metropolitan life and therefore yielded few comparable  year s poll found surprisingly solid support for most education reforms even for teacher testing which teacher unions had Long  contrast the latest Survey focused More on whether teachers believe Reform measures already in place will help fend off a teacher shortage. The Survey findings were particularly ominous because Federal studies Row Esti mate that by 1992 the nation will have 34percent fewer teachers than Are needed. The teachers gave mixed grades to the moves toward educational Reform Over the past several years including efforts in some states to improve curriculum increase Sala Ries and require students and teachers to pass standardized tests. Forty two percent think reforms have had a positive effect on students 12 percent believe students have been Hurt and the rest Sec Little effect. Thirty six percent believe reforms helped teachers 34 percent think teachers have been harmed and 28 percent Don t see much effect yet. Most significantly said Harris nearly two thirds 63 percent Felt their views were not sought in shaping educational re form. A nearly equal proportion 64 per cent said reforms reflect the views of their administrators. More than nine out of 10 teachers believe that providing a decent salary and More respect for teachers in today s society would help retain Good teachers. Fifty percent said Merit pay based on a teacher s performance on evaluations or tests would not help at All to attract Good teachers to their ranks. Teachers were also lukewarm toward Al lowing school districts to hire non certified persons to teach. Forty three percent said the practice would not help at All 43 percent said it would help a Little and Only 12 percent believed it would help a  the rest said they weren t sure. Only 24 percent thought that offering teachers 12-month contracts with pay and duties for the full year would attract better teachers. Instead 79 percent favored boosting be ginning teacher salaries 74 percent said teachers should spend less time on non teaching duties and More than half thought sabbaticals would help recruit better teach ers. Nearly three quarters favored upgrading accreditation standards for teacher training programs at College. Mayor Bradley defends his stance toward Farrakhan los Angeles up mayor Tom Bradley has condemned a speech by Black Muslim Leader Louis Farrakhan As anti semitic and conceded that his private at tempt to Stop the minister from making inflammatory remarks was Only a partial  the sad truth is that there were passages that contained undercurrents of anti semitism Bradley said at a news conference. I repudiate racism hatred violence and bigotry wherever it occurs. I make no exception. This includes minister  Bradley s refusal to speak out against Farrakhan before the minister s speech at the forum sports Arena saturday night ignited wide criticism against him most from the jewish Community and elected officials including gov. George Deukmejian whose re election the mayor is expected to Challenge next year. Bradley said he had tried with the help of other Black Leaden to persuade Farrakhan not to make anti jewish remarks during his stay in los Angeles. "1 reasoned that if i simply joined the voices of others who All week Long attacked Farrakhan before he spoke surely he would be encouraged to make inflammatory remarks Bradley said. If on the other hand i tried an Appeal for restraint and if it worked it would be a great Victory for los Angeles. It was a calculated  Bradley insisted that the minister had toned Down his words and avoided the harsh language of earlier speeches and thus he said i believe that the strategy of quiet persuasion was a partial Success. I tried to do what i thought was  rabbi Allen Freehling president of the Board of rabbis of Southern California denounced Farrakhan s remarks saying they promoted division Between jews and Blacks. Farrakhan suggests there is a contest Between mus lims jews and christians or Between Blacks and Whites Freehling said. That invitation is an invitation of divisive Ness that Down the Road leads Only to continue to put Black against White and christians and jews against  Farrakhan told his saturday audience that he had not come to the City to attack jews. Moments later he insisted in a comment that Drew rousing cheers i am declaring for the world that they Are not the chosen people of god. I am declaring for the world that you the Black people  during his speech Farrakhan made a mocking refer ence to Bradley s planned news conference telling the crowd the jews have an Iron grip on the politicians. If the mayor comes out against me tomorrow they la say Well you waited too Long you can t please these peo  in another criticism of jews he said Don t push your 6 million holocaust victims when we lost 100 million in slavery suspect comes clean As swat Feam raids Shower port Orange Fla. A James Appleby shouted for his wife to Call the police when a Man smashed a Rifle butt through � bathroom window but the in Truder who interrupted the 48-year-old plumber s How or turned out to be a swat team member. The Volusia county sheriffs special weapon and tactics squad had staked out the wrong Home during a drug raid on the House next door. We thought the place was being burglarized said Linda Appelby who was in her living room watching football while her husband was stepping into the Shower. We re in Shock she said. The Appleby had lived in their port Orange Home Only about two months be fore the thursday night incident. Deputies told them afterwards that 17 Mem Bers of the team were closing in on the House next door to search for illegal drugs. Sheriffs capt. De Carroll said  Klepper broke the window to Dis tract what he believed was a drug suspect trying to flush narcotics Down the toilet. Klepper mistakenly thought other members of the swat team were cover ing the front of the House and were about to enter. Instead he found Appleby stand ing in his shorts ready to step into attic Shower. The Appleby said the intruder did t identify himself As a police officer after smashing the window. Carroll said the Deputy stepped away from the shattered window because officers had information the suspects were armed. Moments after the incident Carroll apologized to the Appleby and the sheriffs department had a new pane of Glass installed. Paramedics from a local ambulance service checked Appleby for injuries. He appeared unharmed though Sha Ken. As for the suspected Druyf House the nine deputies and eight investigators searched it but made no arrests. Tutu s daughter asks new yorkers to fight apartheid new York not several Hun dred people at a prayer Vigil at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza heard the 21-year-old daughter of Bishop Desmond m. Tutu of South Africa say i truly believe South Africa will be free in my  Mph Tutu the youngest of four Chil Dren of Tutu the Nobel peace prize recipient pleaded for support sunday both moral and financial of efforts to end racial separation in her country. Before her speech Tutu lamented presi Dent Reagan s recent executive order imposing limited economic sanctions on South Africa because of the likelihood that it would interfere with congressional efforts to legislate More stringent measures. Tutu expressed disappointment at the size of the crowd at 47th Street and first Avenue at the event sponsored by the Council of churches of the City of new York an organization that represents 1,800 protestant congregations. We expected the turnout to be much larger said Tutu an engineering student at Howard University in Washington. But one always has to be grateful for those who manage to  Tutu seemed More comfortable in per Sonal conversations especially with Chil Dren than during her speech. When ii year old Marcus Suarez and Hassan Tatum 13, asked for autographs she Laboured for several minutes. The Strug Gle continues and i Trust you will see free Dom she wrote to the first child. I m pleased to see you Here continue the Strug Gle she wrote to the second. The other speakers included Many protestant ministers and representatives of other faiths including brother William Martyn who attended on behalf of Cardi Nal John o Connor the roman Catholic archbishop of new York