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- President George W. Bush discusses his goals for his administration in his first State of the Union address. Bush spends the majority of the address outlining his budget plan, which includes reducing the the national debt and increasing spending on healthcare, schools, retirement funds, environmental protection and the military. Bush explains that the highest percentage increase of the budget will go to education, with $5 billion going into teaching every child how to read as well as increased funding to recruit and train teachers.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of the "Kalamazoo school hours," D.J. Heathcote interviews Dr. Loy Norrix, superintendent of Kalamazoo schools, and Russell Dunney, director of research for Kalamazoo schools, about the needs of the Kalamazoo School System and the upcoming overpopulation crisis the schools are facing. The educators discuss the the history of school construction in Kalamazoo since World War I. Norrix says that a new junior high on the city's south side must be completed by 1950 to enable the schools to cope with a surge in enrollment and argues that the city should levy a special tax for school construction rather than float school bonds.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "What's doing in Western Michigan," Dr. Willis Dunbar reports on a variety of news stories from around the region. Stories include Michigan towns who are struggling to find solutions for funding new schools. In Vicksburg, citizens have created a new citizen's committee to explore options after the defeat of a bonding proposal and in Union City, town leaders are considering changes to the voting rules after a school millage proposal failed for the third time. Ed Lascoe also does a brief round up of short and amusing stories from community newspapers.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Educational Administration Gary Sykes delivers a talk entitled, "The Future of Education: School Choice Comes to Michigan", at the MSU Main Library. Sykes talks about these three prominent social questions discussed in America: how good or bad is the American educational system?; what kind of system do we want?; and what role should government play? He compares the decentralized education system in the U.S. with other very centralized systems in other countries. Sykes says that American schools are moving away from government control towards a system of regulated privatization and he explains how schools are funded in Michigan and how that model is radically changing. Questions from the audience follows. Sykes is introduced by librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-12-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush discusses his goals for his administration in his first State of the Union address. Bush spends the majority of the address outlining his budget plan, which includes reducing the the national debt and increasing spending on healthcare, schools, retirement funds, environmental protection and the military. Bush explains that the highest percentage increase of the budget will go to education, with $5 billion going into teaching every child how to read as well as increased funding to recruit and train teachers.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of the "Kalamazoo school hours," D.J. Heathcote interviews Dr. Loy Norrix, superintendent of Kalamazoo schools, and Russell Dunney, director of research for Kalamazoo schools, about the needs of the Kalamazoo School System and the upcoming overpopulation crisis the schools are facing. The educators discuss the the history of school construction in Kalamazoo since World War I. Norrix says that a new junior high on the city's south side must be completed by 1950 to enable the schools to cope with a surge in enrollment and argues that the city should levy a special tax for school construction rather than float school bonds.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "What's doing in Western Michigan," Dr. Willis Dunbar reports on a variety of news stories from around the region. Stories include Michigan towns who are struggling to find solutions for funding new schools. In Vicksburg, citizens have created a new citizen's committee to explore options after the defeat of a bonding proposal and in Union City, town leaders are considering changes to the voting rules after a school millage proposal failed for the third time. Ed Lascoe also does a brief round up of short and amusing stories from community newspapers.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Educational Administration Gary Sykes delivers a talk entitled, "The Future of Education: School Choice Comes to Michigan", at the MSU Main Library. Sykes talks about these three prominent social questions discussed in America: how good or bad is the American educational system?; what kind of system do we want?; and what role should government play? He compares the decentralized education system in the U.S. with other very centralized systems in other countries. Sykes says that American schools are moving away from government control towards a system of regulated privatization and he explains how schools are funded in Michigan and how that model is radically changing. Questions from the audience follows. Sykes is introduced by librarian Ruth Ann Jones. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-12-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection