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SATURDAY, .JULY 14, 1990—THE CAROLINATiMs 3 AN pCEPTIONAL VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE-Amiri Baraka, left, noted author, poet and playwright, was a special guest at a Miller Brewing Company-sponsored reception at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, which kicked off the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) 50th annual convention. Virgis Colhert, Miller vice president for materials manufact jring, presented a crystal appreciation plaque to Baraka for his appearance. During the reception, NNPA members had an opportunity to view Miller’s 1990 Gallery of Greats art collection which features Baraka and 11 other noted black authors. The touring art collection also wi!s oe on display in New York City and Atlanta later this year. 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"This report further supports the ed for greater commitment by the isiness and education immunities to improve oductivity and raise our standard living," noted NEA President ilh Geiger. "The NEA stands ready to come a stakeholder in this dative and contribute to the telopmcnt of new tools to meet ! demands of our economic well- iag," he added. The report, issued by the emission on the Skills of the Krican Workforce, calls for ifountl changes in the way U.S. iployers organize work and the y our nation educates and trains workers. The report makes five major ammendations to improve U.S. apetitiveness and productivity in snew era of the high skilled and hiical workplace. It calls for establishing a aiprehensive system of Sessional educational dfications for students and dts who do not pursue a tcalaureate degree, for ployers to allocate at least one tout of their payroll to the |asl education and training of a workers, and for the creation a system of employment and ■wg boards to organize and 'am a new high performance cation and training system [osed by the commission, tte commission also calls for Jig national educational wtmance standards for all lents. This recommendation is “■stent with our membership’" for establishing more Stic methods of evaluating »"t achievement," said Geiger. NEA sponsored Mastery In taitig initiatives have developed stit assessment models that go “ad the pencil and paper ®id. Under the Mastery teachers working in teams ttiment with new ways to 'ft'c and measure student cvemenL Another significant, ftnendation outlined in the report calls for the establishment of state and federally supported alternative learning environments for those who cannot meet the newly proposed national student standards. Gary Watts, senior director of NEA’s National Center for Innovation, sees this suggestion as consistent with the need to provide appropriate learning experiences for all students, including those who need additional incentives and assistance. "If we are truly going to be successful in establishing a new economic order in the United States, we must identify ways to recapture those who currently drop out of schools and involve them in learning experience consistent with the needs of American business and industry," said Watts. "Our public school system can provide the basic infrastructure to ' develop and implement approaches that serve all students," added Watts. While the report suggests fundamental changes in the way we build our future workforce, it fails to put a price tag for implementing the proposed recommendations, Geiger pointed out. "Clearly, we have an excellent opportunity to challenge the business community to support this concept in spirit and deed by calling its members to help identify the financial and in-kind resources, from the public and private sectors, to begin immediate implementation of these recommendations," he said. "The provision of equal economic and educational opportunity for ail of our students deserves no less," he added. The two-million-member National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization. "IDordsofp lOtsdcim Believe in God before you need him. * ♦ * Get the facts. Let’s not even attempt to solve any problem without first collecting all the tacts in an impartial manner. 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