Tuesday, February 9, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
page 3
Gifted students need
educational options
By Alice Hrnicck
Mentor programs, internships, research studies
and college study should be provided for gifted high
school students, even in small communities, an
official of the Nebraska Department of Education
said.
"We do need to look at the various options for
those gifted high school students who need that ad
vanced education," Sheila Brown, supervisor of Pro
grams for the Gifted, said at the Nebraska Associat
ion for the Gifted Annual Conference at the Hilton
Hotel Friday.
Brown said there are ways to make options avail
able for gifted students other than a legislative pro
posal which would help them enter college or a
vocational school a year early by providing $1,000
state scholarships.
Speaking to a group of parents and educators,
Brown said there is a danger in developing children's
mental abilities without regard to instructing them
in the humanities.
"The child is a whole," she said. "We need the
art and music experiences."
She warned that with federal budget cuts, many
music and art teachers may be eliminated from
schools. The classroom teacher Will acquire greater
responsibilities.
"The teacher has to become the genius," she
said. "School boards want children to know as
much as they can. Kids aren't getting the complete
learning experience. There isn't time.
"I hope the teacher isn't alone. I hope the
network is kept broad enough," she said.
Children need to be nurtured in an environment
that lets them develop at their own pace, she said.
"We feel that we must have all the answers,"
Brown said. "We have to give the child some
credit."
Humans have a drive to fulfill themselves psych
ologically and physically, she said, by pursuing stud
ies of interest to them.
Children should be encouraged to discuss sub
stantive issues, such as world affairs, which require
moral decisions, she said.
Brown encouraged people to take a role in the
newly formed federal Commission for Excellence,
which has been set up to assess American schools
for exceptional teaching programs.
"We in Nebraska need to describe for the com
mission our excellent programs," she said.
ERA not dead; tough battle lies a ead
By Gah Huey
Although the Equal Rights Amendment faces tough
battle in the months ahead, the amendment will pass,
Kathy Wilson predicted Saturday at the fifth annual din
ner of the Lincoln-Lancaster Commission on the'Status of
Women.
Wilson, chairwoman of the National Women's Political
Caucus in Washington, D.C., spoke to a crowd of about
400 in the Nebraska Union. She said she personally be
lieves that should ERA fail to be ratified by enough states
by the June 30 deadline, the fight for its ratification will
continue.
"The road to ratification has been hard - much harder
than thought," Wilson said. "But women are coming out
strong - more powerful than ever."
Wilson said women's attempts to advance in the poli
tical scene primarily have been in local politics.
"Women need to be in local politics where they can
start to make a difference," she said.
The number of women making state legislature bids has
increased, Wilson said.
"We are focusing on state legislatures because we are
tired of being denied ERA."
Wilson said the national caucus will recruit and train
women to run for offices. "The NWPC needs people in
key positions who will listen. We need lawmakers who will
recognize women's concerns and draft laws helping
women," she said.
Wilson criticized President Reagan for not fulfilling his
campaign promises.
"Only 44 women hold official positions under Rea
gan's administration,'' Wilson said. "Women occupy lower
positions in his administration than they did in Carter's."
She applauded Sandra O'Connor's appointment to the
U.S. Supreme Court, however.
"Only one of 43 of Reagan's promises to fill the cir
cuit court has been achieved," she said. "Reagan promises
to champion the women's movement witluut ERA, but
the programs he claimed would help everyone have hurt
women the most."
The national caucus has helped to change the image
of women, but now there needs to be a change in num
bers, according to Wilson. Women must and do realize
they can participate in politics, she said.
"More women than ever before are running for poli
tical offices," the chairwoman said.
Wilson said the national caucus has allied with other
organizations. She said several unions have supported the
national caucus through funding.
But the national caucus still has a long way to go with
the recruitment of minority women, she said.
"The poorer woman is more concerned with her eco
nomic situation than with politics," she said.
For the next few months, Wilson will be pushing for
passage of the ERA. She also will work to recruit women.
"We are working on getting women into districts where
candidates are insensitive and where our victory margin
has been slim," she said.
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