January 28, 1989 -
January 28, 1989 -
January 28, 1989 - Deb Brown, extension horticulturist at the University of Minnesota, answers listener questions about the care and feeding of houseplants.
January 30, 1989 - Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado congresswoman, speaks at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota as part of Carleton Lecture series. Schroeder addressed the need for reducing the deficit, spending more of our money on education, day care, and health coverage…and less on military projects. After speech, Loeb answered audience questions, including voter turnout being low because of registering difficulty, the last presidential election, legalizing drugs, Roe vs. Wade, Jack Kemp, and reelection of congressional incumbents.
January 30, 1989 -
January 30, 1989 -
January 31, 1989 -
January 31, 1989 - Fifteen years ago the federal government passed laws aimed at getting more handicapped children out of special, segregated schools and into their local public schools. Children with all kinds of disabilities began appearing more frequently in public school classrooms. Deaf children were among them. Government officials and public education officials firmly believed that the best way to educate deaf children for a life in the hearing world was to start them off in regular public schools. the term for this is mainstreaming. Many assert this has been handled poorly. Following is an opportunity for listeners to question Joe Nathan, an educator, and Paula Goldberg, a disabilities expert about the mainstreaming of children with disabilities.
February 1, 1989 -
February 1, 1989 - MPR’s Chris Tetlin reports on a proposal to start an Indian public school district in the Twin Cities. There is debate on if it would offer a better education opportunity and experience for Native students or simply a form of segregation.