European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes monday april 10.1999 Wim. Ii Mir la   educators debating goals of child care by Sandra Salmans new York times the squat while building at a Busy Washington  intersection is any thing bul impressive. By most standards in is the. Very Model of Quality child care. The building housing the Senate employees child care Center just a few Hinds from the Copilot is open from7 30  to 6 45  accommodating he needs of working parents. The parents arc the school s directors.  is run by Early childhood educators Wio know Abr example thai toddlers Don t share so the Center has two or More of the most sought after toys. -,.for an Outing children arc taken on inc Capitol s Undi re Ruhd Irain system to. Say the Senate Barbershop. Us a Lovely blend of fun and learning Dodd Roundup and caring said arc no Allman the Center s director. Nowadays inc quest for that blend preoccupies1 the working parents of Young children As Well As the nation s policy makers. ,.federal funding for child care was seriously considered by Congress last year. Dozens of Bills have already been introduced in this session. Some would finance Day care centers directly others taking he Rush administration s Posi Tion would simply give parents a $1,000 lax credit. While legislators in the House and Senate both of which Oiler exemplary child care centers for their own employees debate the Issue educators an dearly childhood experts arc trying to de Termine the proper educational consent of childcare. For a Start experts Hope to eliminate the historic distinction Between Custo dial care or baby Silling whose Pri Mary beneficiary is the working Parent and that Parent s employer and educational or developmental programs . As Judy David of the Bank Street col lege of education in new York puts in child care is  but Anne Mitchell a policy analyst also with Bank so real pointed out Hal whether children develop in ways that arc Good or bad has much to do with the Quality of child  beyond Hal experts and educator raise clues icons that even the most Well meaning legislation is unlikely to address " How educational should child care be would Middle class children Benefit from the Structure of a head Start Type of program should the care be provided in Public schools an idea gaining some currency to Short How much should a preschool be like a school w. Norton Grubb an economist in he school of education at die univer sity of California at Berkeley notes Hal the debate  and How Educa Tion should of extended to younger Chil Dren has been around for almost 150years and in a sense very Little has changed. Turf Battles continue Grubb wrote in a scholarly paper in december 987, and the major professional communities Wilh an interest in Young children educators in the Public schools Early childhood educators and the child care Community often fight each other s Basic  Dodds planning Survey on needs of students Washington school system officials plan to Survey High school seniors before and after Grad. Union to help determine How Well school programs . School officials plan to follow a Sample group of the class in 1989 through later years to update data about the graduates careers and education Levels Aspan of Floc senior follow up project the project is designed to provide information relevant to policy issues according to a March school system memo the surveys have not yet been sent but plans Cal for students to take about an hour to Complete the forms. Officials plan to have initial results available schools by december. Student participation in the project will be voluntary and school so Stem officials arc urging Princi pal to distribute info nation to parents emphasizing inc importance of Floc program 36 High schooners sought for accelerated program Torrejon a Spain school system Educa tors arc seeking 36 sophomores and juniors to participate in an annual three week College level science and math program beginning june 25, the Challenge 89 program sponsored by the Mediterranean Region and Depauw University in Indiana provides instruction on physical and astronomical sciences management and math. Com put pm will play a key role in the course work the classes will be held at the Ocraman army s Fliege Khorsi Erding Casco near Munkh where Dor Mitory space will be  for the program is �285, which includes Tui Tion registration and textbooks As Well As lab. And dorm fecs and must be paid Wilh a Money Jdc. Dopa us will Graf ill four so Ter hours of College credit for completion of the course Challenge 89 organizers plan to select student for participation by May 6. Students will have two weeks cram that Date Lodi Cid whether to attend students wanting More information can Contact i hair school Counselor or Call Guy Abramo at ets723-5380. Administrators Academy will be held in Florida Washington at least 22 school adminis in doors from Europe arc expected to  school system s administrators a Idem in Orlan do fja., for a a Klong session beginning play i. School system officials Are holding spaces for 13 administrators from the Germany Region five from the Mediterranean Region and four from the Atlan tic Region regional officials will make the select tons a  division official said the course i designed 10 provide an overview of school system staffing employee relations logistics1 and budgets. ". Science education criticized Seattle a american science education is be coming obsolete and non competitive but the new presi Dent of the National science teachers association says it overhaul presents a Challenge thai americans Iviel meet. It has always been acceptable to say i never really understood science and until we change Hal attitude and expect that everyone will learn science we won t move Forward said Hans Andersen professor of Sci Cnoc and environmental education a Indiana univer sity at Bloomington. ,. In spite of lots of poor science teachers we have a lot of teachers who Are really making a significant Dif Ference with students he said. This is a Lime for great optimism and i believe that this is a wave that is not going 10 do anything but get larger.". Andersen made his comic nos in. An interview at the association s 37th annual conference which ended sunday and attracted 11,000.there s a Good Chance that turning around science education is the a Cal great Frontier for this country Andersen said. Throughout our history american shave risen up to. Conquer frontiers and we can do it again and  only7 percent of students who graduate from american High schools have enough science to Conlin. Tic in a College science program. In the soviet Union 85 percent arc qualified for higher education science courses he said. By  1990s, he said there will be4 5,000 unfilled jobs in science and engineering in the United  the Lack of science expertise threatens the econ omy of he country More Han any single thing said David Kennedy Seattle regional president of Floc association and a science adviser to the Washington state superintendent of Public instruction. Recent studies show american students adequately my morning facts but not learning to think critically such As in establishing and testing hypotheses and making inferences and conclusions said Lamoine Motz departing association president and coordinator of science education a Oakland county schools in Pontiac  and Mot tiled several reasons outdated teaching methods and curricula children who Aren t exposed to science until secondary school when it soften too late to Hook their interest and Lack of practical experience that would gel students excited about applying science in everyday life. A Lijich school student its Lewis cuts a piece of construction paper he plans to use id hts Model honer jul it. The Lola Prader Calvd in Houie which Hiu Bull id scale fur  draft Fig ii Flavi the 6-Yeiu--cld spent Fli month on the design and Hope to use it for a real Holtsi some any