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From: "ECS e-Clips" <e-clips@ecs.org> To: Governor Musgrove Created: 8/1/2001 11:12 AM Subject: ECS e-Clips 08/01/01 Message: ECS e-Clips delivers the day's top education stories directly to you. We also provide you with virtually all of the day's education stories with a direct link to EDUCATION WEEK. Let us know what you think about this service by sending e-mail to e-Clips@ecs.org. If you wish to unsubscribe, please reply to this e-mail message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To view these articles and EDUCATION WEEK'S "Today's Roundup," visit the ECS e-Clips Web site, CLICK HERE: http://www.ecs.org/ecs/e-clips Wednesday, August 1, 2001 NEW YORK TIMES (free registration required) "Study Says 20% of Girls Reported Abuse by a Date" A new report suggests that one in five adolescent girls become the victims of physical or sexual violence, or both, in a dating relationship. And the experience of such violence is frequently associated with serious health problems, including drug abuse, unhealthy weight control practices, risky sexual behavior, teenage pregnancy and suicide attempts. NEW YORK TIMES (free registration required) "Research on Rising College Costs" While college students and their families may get a sinking feeling with every report of rising college costs, research is under way that aims at least to show students and families what colleges do with all that money. NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE "Voucher Program Off to a Slow Start" Under what's being called the state's first education voucher program, 4-year-olds from low-income families in New Orleans will be able to attend private preschool on the state's dime this fall. But just weeks before school is to begin, the plan's major concepts are not yet finalized and many of the private schools have not been contacted. RALEIGH NEWS AND OBSERVER "Community Colleges Training Teachers" Faced with teacher shortages and the need to fill 2.7 million new positions by the end of the decade, state officials nationwide are turning to community colleges as a new, untapped training ground. USA TODAY "Bush Seeks Black Leaders' Support on School Reform" President Bush asks members of the National Urban League to set aside conflicts with him and join forces to help students in failing schools. - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\ECS e-Clips 08_01_01\Mime.822