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Seen 'n Heard - Jul,
1999 Issue (page 2)
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ONLINE TEACHING EFFECTIVE
(March 1999) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced a report titled “1999 Research Report on the Effectiveness
of Technology in the Schools”. The report cites several studies showing positive results using online learning.
THE TROUBLED TEEN BUSINESS
(March/April 1999) Douglas Bodin, Certified Educational Planner from Los Altos, California, 650-948- 8651, sent Woodbury Reports two
articles written by Sara Selis covering the business side of the at-risk/Emotional Growth industry. “The Troubled Teen Business” appeared
in CALIFORNIA MEDICINE, in December 1998, and a similar article by the same name appeared in “healthcare business” in March/April
1999. Featuring interviews with Bodin, Aspen Youth Services, Three Springs and others, it pointed out estimates of ”10,000 to 15,000
companies and programs providing at-risk services to youths age 10 to 21,” describing the current tendency toward consolidation of
larger established companies whose expansion is fed through the purchase of smaller, successful programs.
JOURNALISTS TRUST THEMSELVES LESS
(Mar. 30, 1999) The results of The Pew Charitable Trust Survey
of 562 journalists were released March 30th showing that the media itself doesn’t trust the media. Some conclusions from the survey
were that reporting has become sloppier, too many reporters are speculating or stating their opinion, and that financial pressures
hinder the quality of news coverage. 69% of the national reporters felt the line between reporting and commentary had seriously eroded,
40% said news reports increasingly contain factual errors, and two thirds felt “info- tainment” has taken the place of real news.
BOOKS THROUGH BARS
(April 24, 1999) Elizabeth A. Quigley, Director of Educational Programming for Middle Earth Inc., “an alternative school and day treatment
center for adjudicated and other at-risk adolescents,” PO Box 201, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, 18951, reports that the Pennsylvania
Alternative Educators’ Association (PAEA) runs a prisoner reader service called Books Through Bars. They collect used books and get
help with packaging and mailing the books “free of charge to prisoners all over the country.”
GALENA RIDGE WILDERNESS
(May 1, 1999) Paul Clark, founder of Galena Ridge, Trout Creek, Montana, 406-827-4440, announced he will again be running wilderness
programs this summer in western Montana. Clark has been guiding wilderness programs for at-risk youth for more than 10 years. In the
last election, he was also elected to the Montana Legislature, defeating an incumbent. Rumor has it that Paul has lots of stories
about legislative activities, and has concluded that politics does not function like most people think it does.
VOLUNTEERS FOR FLYING H YOUTH RANCH
(May 1999) Pete Smith, Administrator for the Flying H Youth Ranch, sponsored by Rocky Mountain Faith Mission, Naches, Washington,
509-658-2990, announced good progress in gathering firewood for the next winter. This is happening thanks to some special volunteers
who have traveled great distances to help the school on major projects, which include helping with haying, cattle, and school SAT
testing.
EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSIONS
(May 1999) Greg Kerstin, President of Equine Services, Antiquing, Utah, 877-858-4600, announced several Events in upcoming months:
on June 25-26, a Family Retreat near San Juan Capistrano, Calif., August 2-4 a Corporate Retreat for Intermountain Health Care, and
in October in Virginia, a 3-day certification and One day Introduction Workshop.
350 STUDENTS ARRESTED AFTER COLUMBINE SHOOTING
(May 26, 1999) Education Week, in their May 26, 1999 issue, surveyed the media and found that within four weeks after the shootings
at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, “more than 350 students were arrested on charges related to threats against schools,
school officials, or their classmates…. Of the more than 350 arrests, at least 30 incidents involved an actual bomb or weapon.”
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