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1 PATTI SOLIS DOYLE PaHi to 1 follow up Gen Kleen - Are you walling on this staff now? will you call me ? Patte THE WHITE HOUSE Hillary- This is a project which COURS to grips with learning disabled and the sounds of words to proudke Creative imagination! It, provides another outlet Per those children who find education a Pustracting experience. - Would it be appropriate Por me to follow up with Card Rasco, if YOU would be interested in RFB + D? - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington Board of Directors Chairman Mrs. B. Bernei Burgunder, Jr. First Vice Chairman March 17, 1997 Mary H. Curzan Second Vice Chairman Lorraine Creer Bibby Secretary Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton Mrs. Bennett Boskey The White House Treasurer Office of the First Lady Mrs. Thomas Q. McNaughton 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 René 1. Augustine Virginia M. Ayres John T. Beaty. Ir. Dear Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Alison B. Birney Dr. Helen Walker Davison Evelyn N. Duckenfield We at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic agree with you and Mrs. Charlotte K. Ehrenhaft President Clinton that every child should be reading well by the third grade, Dr. Frederick C. Leavitt Mrs. Charlotte Lichtenberg however we know that there will always be many children who will only be Mrs. Frederick Meyers able to achieve this by listening to their books. RFB&D is eager to be Robert E. Murphy James M. Newmyer included in your innovative project to upgrade the reading programs in D.C. Mrs. Carl F. Norden public schools. By including RFB&D in your program, you will help young Mrs. Malcolm Price Beth D. Ross people who are blind or physically or learning disabled gain access to the Roger 1. Stroh printed word. Mary W. Umbarger Our agency is one of 22 throughout the country and is in upper N.W. Mrs. Paul C. Warnke James M. Wilson, Ir. near the MD line. We are chartered by our National Board in Princeton, NJ to work with children in the District, suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia. Advisory Committee Chairman At our master tape library in Princeton we have 80,000 books already Mrs. Andrew E. Taylor transcribed and ready to mail out to students. Mrs. David C. Acheson Mrs. William H. Ayres Often, learning disabled children who were considered backward or Dr. Sue Bailey Mrs. Robert G. Cleveland slow have shown remarkable progress as they listen to the tapes while Mrs. Daniel F. Collins studying their textbooks. Not only do their reading skills and comprehension Mrs. Robert A. Fearey improve, but their grasp of mathematics, social studies and other subjects Mrs. Carlos Gibson Mrs. Harold Krents also shows rapid progress. Equally important, their self-esteem rises along Mary Louise McGee with their grades. Mrs. Howard Roman Mrs. H. William Tanaka Mrs. Lewis H. Ulman In D.C. our core ambition is to be useful to children , with learning Mrs. Robert M. Waggaman disabilities in every public school. Our outreach committee is now working Executive Director with 25 schools and social work agencies in the city. We hope your inclusion Michele R. Herrington of RFB&D in your much-needed push to improve public education will benefit more of the children we need to reach. 5225 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20015 202-244-8990 FAX 202-244-1346 [email protected] We hope you will agree that RFB&D's work to improve the academic skills of learning disabled children falls within your guidelines of addressing the needs of those with severe economic and social problems, and helping them to emerge from low- income, dysfunctional situations. This is precisely what happens in a remarkable number of cases when children with learning disabilities use our tapes and see their grades and achievements soar. Thank you for considering this request, and for letting us know how we may help your effort by calling or writing to Kay Marshall, Project Outreach Director, at our above address. Yours most sincerely, amelie Burgunder Amelie Burgunder Board Chairman RFB&D Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington Annual Report Year Ending June 30, 1996 Reaching Out To Our Community "After a few days of listening to their social studies texts, three of inquiries from those areas, and our staff and volunteers now regularly present my fifth grade students began to participate in class discussions RFB&D's services to parent, teacher of reading assignments for the first time. It was clear that the and social agency meetings in these communities as well. experience of being able to understand the textbook has created a We are indeed pleased with the new enthusiasm and self-confidence for these children." - District of Columbia Elementary School Teacher This teacher's experience symbolizes from kindergarten stories to third-grade the tremendous success of Project spelling to master's level computer Outreach in telling local public school science. Last year in the District of students about RFB&D. As word has Columbia, students in 18 public schools spread about our taped textbooks, the in all four quadrants of the city were phones have been ringing constantly using our service - a long way from the with calls from inquiring parents and situation just two years ago, when teachers. In fact, more than 500 essentially no D.C. public school students in the area used RFB&D for the first time last year. What does RFB&D do for students? In the words of a borrower who used to rely on Hyde Elementary students learn by listening to their her parents to textbooks. read her books to substantial volume of new students who her, "For the first are using our services and we look time in my life, I forward to serving even more students in could read on my the years to come. Finally, it is becom- own. My comprehension of material students with learning disabilities were ing better known that learning and visual increased dramatically and I could read taking advantage of our recorded disabilities do not mean that a child with greater speed. Today I no longer textbooks. cannot learn. Our students have the avoid reading." An interesting side-effect of Project intelligence and capability to succeed, Thanks to our donors and volunteers, Outreach is that information about but they require a different way of students with visual, perceptual or other RFB&D is also spreading to schools in taking in information. As a visitor physical disabilities learned by listening Maryland and Northern Virginia. As a recently remarked, "What the eyes can't to their schoolbooks in subjects ranging result, we are receiving a stream of see, the ears can hear." RFB&D NEWS Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington Taped textbooks for students with learning or visual disabilities Volume 1, No. 2 Fall 1996 Reading Disabilities How Do I Register? are a Fact of Life! Call RFB&D and request an NEWS FLASH application form. We will send it Visual and learning Institutional to you asap! disabilities, so prevalent in Complete the application and Membership now available society today, often prevent have the certification signed by a To make our service students from achieving professional --a teacher, a school accessible to more students, and succeeding in school. counselor, your family doctor, or RFB&D is now offering a psychologist. Many students with Institutional Memberships. Send in the application along learning disabilities find For schools in the District of with your registration fee and they are unable to keep up Columbia which qualify, fees book list. may be waived for the first with their reading You can request book order year. We hope this will assignments. Often falling forms to help you keep track of encourage schools to behind, they eventually lose the information you need when participate in a program that interest in their school you order books. can benefit those students work and confidence in Special tape players are needed unable to afford an individual to play RFB&D tapes. Call Kay their academic abilities. membership. Following is a or Joyce for more information on list of schools currently Listening to taped how to purchase this equipment. registered under our textbooks will not solve all Then What Happens? Institutional Membership reading problems. It takes about two weeks to Program and using RFB&D However, taped textbooks process your application. taped textbooks: will provide some students Books already taped will be with a tool that will make shipped to you from our national Adams Elem. School office in Princeton, NJ. Burreville Elem. School reading easier and perhaps We'll be in touch about what Tyler Vision Program more enjoyable. It may books we do not have. We may be Tubman Elem. School also help them keep up able to record books not in the H.D. Cooke Elem. School with their class work and library, decisions are made on a Janney Elem. School gain self confidence. case by case basis. Hyde Elem. School Is it easy to take Good Things to Know: advantage of RFB&D's RFB&D has a sliding scale Contact Joyce Zink or taped textbooks service? application fee and payment plan Kay Marshall at the number below for more information. You bet! Here are the for tape players. When you order taped books, steps you need to follow to we need the title, author, edition get your students To order Books or request an or copyright date, and publisher. application : registered: Call us at: 202-244-8990 Fax us at: 202-244-1346 email us at: [email protected] Seeing, hearing and feeling words At a school in London, word, they also learn to spell RFB&D has thousands of taped England, teachers are adopting the word. Since reading, schoolbooks for students of all ages! a traditional method of teaching Houghton Mifflin Series: Dinosauring reading. According to a recent Just Listen article in The London Times, the Did You Know???? Lyle Lyle Crocodile method is based on a multi- Students taking the SATS can Fast as the Wind request that they be allowed to sensory system devised to help Beyond the Reef listen to, rather than read, the Silly Things Happen dyslexic children learn to read. questions. Call the SAT Special Students using this approach are Services at: (609)771-7137 General Reading: reading six months to a year The Indian in the Cupboard above grade level. The Great Gatsby Dr. B. Hornsby, a speech writing and spelling are inter- Frankenstein Lord of the Flies therapist and psychologist, related, this multi-sensory The Cay devised a system based on approach will hopefully allow My Brother Sam is Dead phonics which is designed to the student to master written follow closely the patterns of English also. GED & SAT Study Guides speech development. The Hornsby School has This newsletter is made possible by the For example, children learn proven that this approach generosity of these foundations who support the sound of each letter before works. The school has also RFB&D's Project Outreach: Lois & Richard England Foundation linking the letters to build up shown that students who are Fannie Mae Foundation words. And, since this is a multi dyslexic can be successfully John Edward Fowler Foundation Marpat Foundation sensory approach involving the taught along side their peers in Gilbert & Jaylee Mead Foundation aural, visual and tactile senses, the regular classroom using this Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Mobil Foundation students hear, see and feel the method, thus avoiding the need Public Welfare Foundation words. for separation. Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust After hearing the teacher pronounce the letters C A T and then the word CAT, the SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE students then write the letters, The Marion Huber "Learning Through Listening" Award for High School Seniors with Learning Disabilities. read what they have written and Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Award for College Seniors who are legally then close their eyes and trace blind. the word in the air to memorize Call 1-800-221-4792 or 202-244-8990. Deadline to submit application is 02/01/97 it. As the students write the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington 5225 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 312 Washington, DC 20015 Look inside for information to help students who are struggling with reading. MESSAGE CONFIRMATION JUL-30-97 11:40 FAX NUMBER : NAME : FAX NUMBER : 94010596 PAGE : 05 ELAPSED TIME : 02'04" MODE : G3 STD RESULTS : O.K Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington A letter from the chairman and the executive director. Dear Friends, Recording for the Blind and We're Number One!!! Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington serves people This year, the Washington chapter of RFB&D out-produced all of the other who cannot read standard studios in the U.S. To say that we are proud of our volunteers who made print because of visual, this possible is an understatement. perceptual or other In 1995/96, production increased 12.6% over the record we set last year and physical disabilities. was more than double our output only four years ago. To make this pos- sible, our wonderful volunteers donated 22,858 hours of their time, repre- RFB&D/Washington's 334 senting a value of nearly $600,000. volunteers are part of a What pleases us most, however, is the continual stream of complimentary dedicated corps donating time phone calls and letters we receive from students who use our recorded at 22 chapters across the books and from their parents, telling us about the change that RFB&D has country. Together RFB&D's made in their grades and in their lives. volunteers have built the Financial Results largest library of taped educational books in the The expanded production required RFB&D to increase total expenditures world, housed in our national this year by 20%. Fortunately, our income also increased, thanks to the office in Princeton, New generous support we received from foundations, corporations and individu- als. These increases in funding reflect a major effort on the part of our Jersey. Nearly 1,400 people volunteers, Board members and staff, as well as a wonderful response from from grade schoolers to our donors. graduate students in the Our projected budget for 1996/97 includes an increase in total spending of Washington area borrowed 10%. We will continue our all-out fundraising efforts and we hope to count taped books last year. on your encouragement and assistance. A Look Ahead RFB&D/Washington serves students in Northern Vir- To keep pace with the huge increase in demand for RFB&D's services, we ginia, Suburban Maryland, are now installing two new recording booths, bringing the total to nine. In and the District of Columbia. addition, we plan to begin production of textbooks in a format known as E- Through our Project Out- text. E-text allows students to access books using a computer and adaptive equipment such as large print, a braille screen or a voice synthesizer. reach and borrower services Before this program begins we must recruit and train volunteers to produce programs, we help students, these computerized books and purchase the necessary equipment. parents and teachers gain access to and use our On behalf of our borrowers, we send great thanks to each and every one of RFB&D's volunteers and donors for making this critical service available. recorded books. Sincerely, 202-244-8990 Fax: 244-1346 [email protected] Michele.Harrington Amelie Michele Herrington Chairman Executive Director 2 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington Foundation and Corporate Support Support from foundations, corporations and organizations in books they need for class. We are most grateful to these donors the Washington community is a major reason why RFB&D has for helping RFB&D to move forward. We are also grateful to been able to serve more students and to record more books year the many RFB&D volunteers who encouraged their employers after year. With their help, we built a comprehensive program to donate, suggested places to submit requests and helped to to help students gain access to our service and to record the solicit the grants themselves. Gifts of $15,000 or more Fannie Mae Foundation Lockheed Martin Corporation Public Welfare Foundation Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Gifts of $10,000 to $14,999 The Aid Association for the Blind The Marpart Foundation of the District of Columbia Mobil Foundation Eugene B. Casey Foundation The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation The James M. Johnston Trust for Charitable and Educational Purposes Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Appleby Foundation Kemper Open The Clark Charitable Foundation Occidental Petroleum Foundation The Richard Eaton Foundation Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust John Edward Fowler Foundation Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Clark-Winchcole Foundation Lois & Richard England Foundation Dimick Foundation Walter Henry Freygang Foundation The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Gilbert and Jaylee Mead Family Foundation National Home Library Foundation Gifts to $2,499 American Medical Association Lucas-Spindletop Foundation Atlantic Research Corporation Mars Foundation Bethesda Lions Club Masonic Lodge: William R. Singleton- Bethesda United Methodist Church Men's Club Hope-Lebanon #7 Boeing Employees Good Neighbor Fund Mid-Atlantic Medical Services (MAMSI) The Charles Delmar Foundation Nordstrom Ferris, Baker Watts Foundation The Palisades Community Church The Walter Henry Freygang Foundation Queenstown Harbor Golf Links: GEICO Philanthropic Foundation Kathryn Fox Samway Outback Steakhouse Giant Food Foundation Memorial Golf Classic Paul & Annetta Himmelfarb Foundation Luther I. Replogle Foundation IBM Corporation Rotary Foundation of Washington, D.C. Junior League of Washington Voorthuis Opticians The S. Irwin Kamin Foundation WSA St. Alban's Legal & General America The World Bank Matching Gifts We thank the following corporations which matched donations made by their employees to RFB&D. Citicorp Foundation William H. Donner Foundation Connie Lee Fannie Mae Foundation 3 MESSAGE CONFIRMATION JUL-30-97 11:51 FAX NUMBER : NAME : FAX NUMBER : 94010596 PAGE : 03 ELAPSED TIME : 01'18" MODE : G3 STD RESULTS : O.K Seeing, hearing and feeling words At a school in London, word, they also learn to spell RFB&D has thousands of taped England, teachers are adopting the word. Since reading, schoolbooks for students of all ages! a traditional method of teaching Houghton Mifflin Series: Dinosauring reading. According to a recent Just Listen article in The London Times, the Did You Know???? Lyle Lyle Crocodile method is based on a multi- Students taking the SATS can Fast as the Wind request that they be allowed to sensory system devised to help Beyond the Reef listen to, rather than read, the Silly Things Happen dyslexic children learn to read. questions. Call the SAT Special Students using this approach are Services at: (609)771-7137 General Reading: reading six months to a year The Indian in the Cupboard above grade level. The Great Gatsby Dr. B. Hornsby, a speech writing and spelling are inter- Frankenstein Lord of the Flies therapist and psychologist, related, this multi-sensory The Cay devised a system based on approach will hopefully allow My Brother Sam is Dead phonics which is designed to the student to master written follow closely the patterns of English also. GED & SAT Study Guides speech development. The Hornsby School has This newsletter is made possible by the For example, children learn proven that this approach generosity of these foundations who support the sound of each letter before works. The school has also RFB&D's Project Outreach: shown that students who are Lois & Richard England Foundation linking the letters to build up Fannie Mae Foundation words. And, since this is a multi dyslexic can be successfully John Edward Fowler Foundation Marpat Foundation sensory approach involving the taught along side their peers in Gilbert & Jaylee Mead Foundation aural, visual and tactile senses, the regular classroom using this Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Mobil Foundation students hear, see and feel the method, thus avoiding the need Public Welfare Foundation words. for separation. Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust After hearing the teacher pronounce the letters C A T and then the word CAT, the SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE students then write the letters, The Marion Huber "Learning Through Listening" Award for High School Seniors with Learning Disabilities. read what they have written and Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Award for College Seniors who are legally then close their eyes and trace blind. the word in the air to memorize Call 1-800-221-4792 or 202-244-8990. Deadline to submit application is 02/01/97 it. As the students write the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington 5225 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 312 Washington, DC 20015 Look inside for information to help students who are struggling with reading. Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington Annual Report Year Ending June 30, 1996 Reaching Out To Our Community "After a few days of listening to their social studies texts, three of inquiries from those areas, and our staff and volunteers now regularly present my fifth grade students began to participate in class discussions RFB&D's services to parent, teacher of reading assignments for the first time. It was clear that the and social agency meetings in these communities as well. experience of being able to understand the textbook has created a We are indeed pleased with the new enthusiasm and self-confidence for these children." - District of Columbia Elementary School Teacher This teacher's experience symbolizes from kindergarten stories to third-grade the tremendous success of Project spelling to master's level computer Outreach in telling local public school science. Last year in the District of students about RFB&D. As word has Columbia, students in 18 public schools spread about our taped textbooks, the in all four quadrants of the city were phones have been ringing constantly using our service - a long way from the with calls from inquiring parents and situation just two years ago, when teachers. In fact, more than 500 essentially no D.C. public school students in the area used RFB&D for the first time last year. What does RFB&D do for students? In the words of a borrower who used to rely on Hyde Elementary students learn by listening to their her parents to textbooks. read her books to substantial volume of new students who her, "For the first are using our services and we look time in my life, I forward to serving even more students in could read on my the years to come. Finally, it is becom- own. My comprehension of material students with learning disabilities were ing better known that learning and visual increased dramatically and I could read taking advantage of our recorded disabilities do not mean that a child with greater speed. Today I no longer textbooks. cannot learn. Our students have the avoid reading." An interesting side-effect of Project intelligence and capability to succeed, Thanks to our donors and volunteers, Outreach is that information about but they require a different way of students with visual, perceptual or other RFB&D is also spreading to schools in taking in information. As a visitor physical disabilities learned by listening Maryland and Northern Virginia. As a recently remarked, "What the eyes can't to their schoolbooks in subjects ranging result, we are receiving a stream of see, the ears can hear." Stephanie - - BRIGHT BEGINNINGS, INC. 901 Rhode Island Avenue, NW did recommend Washington, DC 20001 That HRC duthis April 28, 1997 not the lotus VIA FAX (202) 456-2461 AND BY HAND Stis Program a a good The President The White House To: Patti Solis 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500 am Stak Dear Mr. President: 5/7/97 Bright Beginnings, a model public-private partnership day care center for homeless preschool children in the District of Columbia, will open its new facility during May at 825 North Capitol Street, N.E. The new center will increase the number of preschoolers served, from the current enrollment of twenty-six to fifty-two children, ages 2 1/2 to 5. We are writing to invite you to dedicate the new center and to serve as our keynote speaker at an opening celebration event. We would be thrilled to have your and/or the First Lady's personal involvement. Established in 1989 by the Junior League of Washington with a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Bright Beginnings, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), received one of sixteen nationwide Homeless Demonstration grants awarded by Head Start in 1993. This past year Bright Beginnings, Inc. became a permanent Head Start grantee. Our move to new space and doubling of program capacity is made possible through receipt of HUD's Community Partnership funding. In addition, the program enjoys an increasing level of private financial support from corporations, foundations and individuals. Bright Beginnings' children and their families, along with its Board of Directors and the Freddie Mac Foundation, corporate sponsor of the dedication event, would be delighted if you could attend the opening dedication. Since our priority is to secure your participation and accommodate your and the First Lady's schedule, we have selected a range of dates including Tuesday or Wednesday, June 10 and 11, also Monday-Wednesday, June 16, 17 and 18. Please advise us if an earlier or later date would better fit your schedule. We plan a morning event, approximately 10-11 a.m., on the grounds of the center, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E. We envision a brief speaking program, followed by presentations from the children, a tree planting ceremony and a reception inside the facility. Local and interested national press will be invited. Other invited podium guests include: HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Senator Chris Dodd, Representative Tom Davis and Steny Hoyer, Mayor Marion Barry, Head 250362 Start Director Helen Taylor, the Chairman of the Freddie Mac Foundation and others active in the community. The Bright Beginnings Board of Directors, dedicated staff and volunteers share your commitment to improve the lives of Washington, D.C.'s vulnerable children and their families. Our program not only provides socialization and a learning environment for these children, but acts as the only safe haven for many of them. Given the current constraints of the welfare program, the center allows their parents to pursue job training skills, complete their education, secure adequate housing and eventually enter the workforce, knowing that their children are properly cared for in a nurturing and stimulating environment. Launched by volunteer spirit and vision, Bright Beginnings fills an acute need and remains the only preschool program in the District of Columbia where homeless children and their parents return each evening to shelters and transitional housing. We know you will be impressed by the center and its children, and they would be thrilled by your visit. Your consideration of our request is very much appreciated. I can be reached at (202) 457-6520, and would be happy to provide additional information on the center or the event. Effective May 18, our new mailing address is 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Please contact us at your earliest convenience so that we may plan accordingly. Thank you. Sincerely, worthe kendrick kettmar Martha Kendrick Kettmer President Bright Beginnings, Inc. Board of Directors cc: Ann Stock Carole Thompson Cole 250362 TO: Melanne FROM: Jen J.K. DATE: 5/29/97 RE: Samuel Halperin Letter I followed up with Gene on this letter, who had already received a copy directly from the President. Gene and I will be holding a meeting next week to get a report on the School to Work program. He is also following up "behind the scenes" to get a sense of J.D. Hoye and the dynamics in the office. I will keep you informed as I know more. AMER CAN YOUTH POLICY FORL M Tam Appreciate Samuel Halperin to of Glenda Partee Collints of Gene smokending 11 April 1997 Co-Directors Personil Mrs. Hillary Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Hillary: I write to share my views about the current status and future of the School- to-Career movement. These observations are based on years of visiting programs and practitioners coast-to-coast. Despite the media-celebrated cooperation between Robert Reich and Dick Riley, all is far from well within the working levels of the Executive Branch. The National School to Work Office is starved for DoL and DoE resources to properly execute its functions. The exceptionally able director, J.D. Hoye, is second- guessed and hobbled from above in the exercise of her responsibilities. The feeling of the STW Office staff -- and much of the field -- is that the Clinton Administration's visionary initiative may well fall prey to being "just another program," resented by many vocational educators and many in the Department of Labor's employment and training arena as a "competitor" for scarce resources. Since the legislation is to sunset in a few years, there is a real danger that, in most school districts, the promise of School-to-Career will evaporate without a trace. That is why the Administration's selection of a new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training is so critical to the future of the School-to- Career movement. Unless the new appointee is thoroughly committed to the success of this Administration initiative, even the scant progress to date may be lost. I hope that Paul Cole, Secretary-Treasurer of the New York State AFL-CIO and a Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers, is considered for the DoL assistant secretaryship. I have worked with Paul on the Jobs for the Future "Youth Apprenticeship Initiative" and have come to see him as a thoroughly dedicated educator, committed to school-to-career as a powerful lever to advance comprehensive, high standards school reform. As an able teacher, Paul would work to ease some of the antagonisms in the Department of Labor toward the Department of Education's educators and educational programs. Well-acquainted INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 719, Washington, D.C. 20036-5541 Tel: (202) 775-9731 Fax: (202) 775-9733 with European workforce preparation systems and the work of the National Center for Education and the Economy, Paul would insist upon rigorous quality not only in school-to-career grants but in all the manifold tasks of the Employment and Training Administration. I believe, in sum, that he would be a great asset to Secretary Herman and to the Clinton Administration. If your schedule ever permits, I urge you to have a conversation with Miss J.D. Hoye (401-6209, who does not know that 1 am writing). You will learn a great deal from one of the stars of the Administration and get an unequaled view of what is happening -- or not happening -- to school reform in the spirit of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Sincerely, Sam Samuel Halperin Jennifer L. Klein 05/28/97 05:37:41 PM Record Type: Record To: Melissa Green/OPD/EOP CC: Subject: School to Work Rather than try to talk to Gene, let's try this by e-mail. The First Lady was made aware of some problems at the School to Work office. Supposedly, the director, J.D. Hoye, is being thwarted in her efforts to do her job properly. Is this true? The person who told her all this thinks that Paul Cole, Secretary-Treasurer of the New York State AFL-CIO and Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers should be appointed as the new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training. What does Gene think? I do need to get back to the First Lady when she returns at the end of this week. Thanks for your help. 52 EDUCATION WEEK . MARCH 12, 1997 COMMENTARY School-to-Work, Employers, And Personal Values By Samuel Halperin fits critics are to be believed, the fledgling Amer- I ican school-to-work movement is a nefarious plot by Big Government, abetted by willful or unwit- ting industrialists, to control the academic con- tent of learning and dictate the occupational futures of American youths. What's more, opponents from both extremes of the political spectrum contend, our schoolchildren are in danger of becoming pawns in a computer-driven national labor-market information system that will funnel them into whatever jobs the economy needs filled. This Orwellian prospect flies in the face of com- pelling success stories from many school-to-work pro- grams here, as well as from long-standing efforts in other democracies. On both sides of the Atlantic, there is a healthy blending of school-based learning and hands-on exposure to the world of work. School-to- work champions can muster persuasive evidence that experience in actual workplaces, and not just class- room instruction, helps young people acquire essen- tial job skills along with the habits of thought and be- havior that underlie them. Instead ot regarding school-to-work efforts as key elements of genuine school reform, critics from the po- litical right see a government-directed scheme to con- trol the minds, the values, and ultimately the occupa- tions and earnings of American workers-all of which will allegedly subordinate family values to the imper- atives of the economy. For its part, too, the anti-capi- Rob Colvin talist political left envisages generations of human automatons and worker bees, brainwashed to serve Observations From Overseas the needs of corporate capitalism in cahoots with gov- ernment bureaucracies. No longer capable of indepen- dent thought and self-realization, our young people are to become little more than cogs in the nation's in- Study Missions dustrial and economic machinery. The gap between these baleful predictions and ground-level reality came into sharp focus during re- cent study missions to Europe and Israel. There, as the youth-apprenticeship program of the Union Bank cabinet hardware in Bregenz, Austria, the company's we are beginning to see in the United States, enlight- of Switzerland. Like its industrial neighbor ABB, this training philosophy is exemplified by two mottoes: ened businesses and supportive government policies leading Swiss bank has been "training" student work- "Never underestimate the capabilities of our youth. are enabling young people to experience the best of ers for over 125 years. What kinds of skills and values Rather, find out what they are, and utilize them in both worlds: high-quality academic learning and prac- does UBS look for in admission to, and completion of, helping to create a successful adult" and "A positive tical experience in the workplace that reinforces class- its four-year program? The composite response from role model is the best way to form a young mind." room study. both trainer-coaches and graduates: self-initiative, ef. Blum's 22 full-time and 11 part-time trainers serve Several relevant examples demonstrate persua- fective team player, ability to concentrate, decision- the needs of 130 apprentices who, while completing sively that critics from both sides of the political spec- making ability, communication skills, flexibility, pro- their fourth year of combined schooling and on-the-job trum are plain wrong. fessional appearance, good grades in secondary school, Continued on Page 38 staying power, enjoying people. At a cost to the Union t ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) in Baden, Bank of Switzerland of as much as $23,000 per ap- Samuel Halperin is a co-director of the American A Switzerland, high-school-age apprentices in prentice per year, over and above what the state pays Youth Policy Forum in Washington and a former pres- the giant Swiss-Swedish engineering firm for secondary education, the apprenticeship program ident of the Institute for Educational Leadership. He study in a state-approved and partially enjoys high prestige with students, parents, and the was the deputy assistant secretary for legislation in the state-financed high school located on the factory's public at large. (Here, as elsewhere in Europe, re- U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare premises. When American visitors asked what quali- quests for enrollment are often triple or more the during the Johnson Administration. ties are essential for success in the workplace and in number of available slots, especially in the more com- nonworking life, ABB student responses included: per- petitive professions.) Moreover, the trend is to ever sonal competence, self-discipline, independence, cTe- higher job qualifications, more postsecondary acade- ativity (imagination and problem-solving), team effort mic specialization, and systematic follow-up through (social competence, solidarity, communication skills), advanced learning opportunities. Indeed, there is now flexibility, focus on satisfying the needs of customers talk in the financial-services industry of creating a and colleagues, honesty, and loyalty. "University for Applied Science." In Zurich, we met with trainers and graduates of At the Julius Blum firm, a precision manufacturer of School- opened a high school apprentice- essential to survival. They know Europe, high-tech industrial ex- high-tech firms is how similar ship program with neighboring training is expensive, but believe it ports are literally the lifeblood of they are to each other, and to the companies based on the tech-prep is the only way they can compete the society. There, the Manufactur- kind of combined academic rigor, To-Work curriculum at its U.S. plant in and win in world markets. ers Association of Israel, in cooper- practical work experience, and Stanley, N.C. It will be interesting In the classrooms of schools as- ation with the Ministry of Educa- continuous-learning values pro- to see whether the same high sociated with these and other em- tion, has embarked on an moted by the best U.S. school-to- standards and performance can ployers, we never once observed ambitious program to expose all Is- work programs. And Values be successfully transplanted in the bars, metal detectors, or graf- raeli students to "Think Industry," In all these countries and indus- the New World. fiti so common in American high an interdisciplinary educational tries, we found no instance of em- At three middle-sized Austrian schools. On the contrary, schools project teaching "entrepreneurship ployer or governmental interest Continued from Page 52 firms-world-famous crystal man- were characterized by quiet corri- and industrial thinking." Seven in narrow training for mind- ufacturer Swarovski in Wattens, dors and students absorbed in Think Industry curricula have numbing, repetitious, automaton- learning at age 19 or 20, earn up Zumtobel Lighting in Dornbirn, their work. Moreover, it was clear been developed for grades 1-12 in like employment. On the contrary, to $1,700 a month. Students are both Hebrew and Arabic. School what most impresses the Ameri- offered free Saturday-morning tu- classes are also brought to five em- can observer is the extent to toring, a physical-fitness pro- In the classrooms ployer-supported regional centers, which leading European and Is- gram, and first-aid instruction, as where students mingle with indus- raeli employers and curriculum well as bonuses for "personality try mentors and perform hands-on specialists seek to develop indi- development" (for example, $10 of schools experiments with state-of-the-art viduals who are much more than monthly for not smoking, $15 for teaching equipment. skilled workers-who are creative "proper conduct" in auto traffic). associated with And just what is the "industrial thinkers and problem-solvers, Unlike other youth-apprentice- thinking" that Israeli manufac- able to cope in a stressful, fast- ship programs, Blum's downplays these employers, turers seek to inculcate in the changing world. a written contract defining roles young? In the words of the cur- While Americans seem to feel for students, parents, and em- riculum, it includes: "education that values are the exclusive ployer. The entire relationship, be- we never once for values-work, responsibility, province of family, church, and lieves the firm, is built instead on mutual trust. Without trust, no observed the bars, precision, openness to criticism, schools, Europeans practice the professionalism, and a constant belief that work and the work- contract is enforceable. In the city of Bregenz's em- metal detectors, or quest for quality." place can also contribute power- "These values are to be fully to the development of au- ployer-backed public high school, where many of the apprentices graffiti so common achieved," the curriculum goes on tonomous and effective human to say, "by teaching teamwork beings. All of this is done in a study, and in Blum's own training and interpersonal communica- spirit of partnership with the center, students work on state-of- in American high tion thinking skills-creative schools, which teach not only the- the-art equipment because, as the thinking, inventive thinking, logi- oretical science and mathematics, firm's educational director says, schools. cal thinking, critical thinking, and but also a substantial load of so- "We want our students to have Rob Colvin problem-solving abilities learn- cial sciences, humanities, and, in the very best technology; if the ing skills-the ability to acquire the case of central Europe, virtu- equipment in the plant is better ski-lift and car-park manufacturer that what Europeans call "envi- basic knowledge, to build on exist- ally mandatory courses in reli- than in the schools, they will look Doppelmayer in Wolfurt-and ronmental responsibility" is wide- ing knowledge, and to access new gion, with a heavy emphasis on down on schools." Far from being their cooperating high schools, we spread in the schools. Students sources of information connect- getting along with others in an in- deprived of independence and met industrialists who, while are responsible for the cleanliness ing the student to real-life situa- creasingly diverse society. personal autonomy, students take financial pressure to reduce of their schools, for recycling, and tions intertwining thinking, To be sure, this level of em- from the company's value system costs, proudly told us that their in- for energy conservation. values, and knowledge teach- ployer involvement and leader- the message that "the computer vestment in apprenticeship and When asked whether they would ing entrepreneurship-taking the ship developed over many years. shouldn't be smarter than the their adherence to national stan- prefer either more time in class- initiative to develop new products Yet the fact that it happened is computer operator; faster, not dards substantially exceeded the rooms and less in the plants, or and marketing strategies, to iden- encouraging for all who believe smarter." Like other firms we vis- minimum requirements arrived at more in the plants and less in tify problems and find original so- that schools and employers can ited, Blum's leaders practice what in negotiations with the central schools, Austrian and German stu- lutions for them." work together to produce high they preach: "Smart workers are government and local authori- dents, to our surprise, complained schools that work, future employ- our best asset." ties-and that the added cost was mildly about the heavy demands hat is interesting and ees with impressive skills, and, Overall, the Austrian manufac- well worth it. placed on them, but argued turer has graduated more than For these firms, and others we strongly that the present mix of W compelling about the most important, the kind of young educational and train- people whose personal values the 500 students, with only one visited in Europe and Israel, suc- experiences was the right one. ing values embodied critics on the political left and dropout. The firm has recently cess in quality export markets is In Israel, as in much of Western in both European and Israeli right ought to find appealing. TO Pauline Chu J- - This is a good dea. Date: January 15, 1996 let's look tn an To: The First Lady From: Chick Koop opportunity to do Re: Posthumous recognition of Papanicalaou. It George Nicholas Papanicalaou, inventor of the Pap Smear, was my teacher at Cornell University Medical College. It is my opinion that, compared to his contribution, his recognition as a person has been insignificant. Any of a White House affair? interest in honoring him, perhaps at a Cornell Commencement or as a piece Melissa Skolfied is avere of this HRC t PUPUS not selected for correct reed $ rule w/ Cabieb Afla is recomments Checky Slake's Commencent Scheduler send " to Jenkeen + Chris Jenniss putter June 20, 1996 JOUI Shreveport Journal The Shreveport Journal is now an Letters to the editor are welcomed at independent editorial page published P. O. Box 31110, in Shreveport, La. 71130, Monday through Saturday under an or by e-mail at [email protected]. The agreement between the Journal and Journal's telephone number is 459-3365. The Times. Its views are independent of those on The Times editorial page. The Shreveport Journal, founded in 1895. is locally owned. It was Journal editorials represent the published as an afternoon newspaper opinion of the publisher and editors of until March 30, 1991. the Journal. Signed opinions are the views of the writer. Publisher Editor Editorial Writers Charles T. Beaird Jim Montgomery Tim Greening Rodney Grunes This No EDITORIALS efitarial NO REFORM? State woes show health care needs change Gov. Mike Foster turned a few is, the medical needs of its recipients heads when he named Bobby Jindal, didn't disappear along with the a 24-year-old, to head the state's program. They were notified by mail Department of Health and Hospitals. last week that they're on their own, ¡As it turns out, a young man was a come the beginning of next month. smart move to make because the job The phones at DHH began ringing is going to require a lot of youthful off the hook. resilience. "We were surprised at the intensity Having just been rescued by of their problems," Jindal said at a Washington, D.C. on our last crisis press conference yesterday. "We - when the state was told it could knew people would be cut off from no longer use the creative accounting services, but we didn't realize how methods that disguised federal many. We thought there would be Medicaid funds as state money to get other programs to cover these even more matching funds - the people." state health system already has Jindal said the needs of around 25 another problem on its hands. While percent of the recipients can be taken it will immediately have to be dealt care of by other forms of state and with by Louisiana's leaders, we think private assistance, but that still leaves it is indicative of the need for a a lot of people stranded. It will restructuring of the way the entire probably drive most of them to the nation pays its medical bills. state's charity hospitals and increase Medicaid covers a lot of poor their workload - just what they people, but not all who need need after having their budgets cut assistance, so the state of Louisiana $30 million in the last legislative used some leftover federal money session. and created a fund called Medically We are confident that Jindal and Needy, to assist people whose his DHH staff will do their best to earnings are just above eligibility for resolve the problem - and brace Medicaid but not quite enough to themselves for the next one, if recent afford insurance. According to the history is any indication. They've Associated Press, it covers about inherited a job that shouldn't be this 3,000 people in various ways, hard, but our system of providing whether its subsidizing prescriptions and paying for health care in this for families or paying nursing home country leaves too many people expenses. unable to afford medical care. This is Since this is not a program perhaps the inevitable result - the required by the federal government, government can no longer. afford it, the Legislature and the Department either. of Health and Hospitals agreed to President Clinton tried to change end the program and use its $72 this, but was overwhelmed by the million operational funding to few for whom the status quo works balance the state's budget. Problem too well. It is time to revisit his plan. TO: Hillary Rodham Clinton FROM: Jennifer Klein RE: Miscellaneous Projects DATE: 7/22/96 I thought you might be interested in hearing about several projects that are underway. 1. Adoption/Child Welfare. Carol Rasco is holding a series of informal sessions with experts and advocates in the field of child welfare which she has asked me to sit in on. She sees this as the beginning of a long-term effort to learn about and address the serious problems in our child welfare system. At the first session last week, Jane Spinak (Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division) said that the most important thing we can do to improve the child welfare system is to involve all sectors of society, including business, lawyers and judges, the faith community, etc. (which of course sounded very familiar). I know that you had expressed interest in convening a meeting on adoption with representatives of these sectors. I plan to call Jane to talk about what issues could be best addressed, possible people to invite, etc. HHS is coming up with a list of executive actions on adoption that could be announced quickly. I will meet with them early next week to discuss their suggestions. I know that Melanne told you about our discovery of HHS's National Strategic Plan on Adoption. Truly unbelievable and infuriating! We are now part of the development process and will have an opportunity to make changes to the plan before it goes any further. 2. Grandparent's Project. We are working on a project to help grandparents care for grandchildren whose parents have died (often of AIDS). In many cases, grandmothers attempt to get custody of these children, but there are a number of legal and financial barriers to placing children with them permanently and to getting health care, housing and other services that they desperately need. We are pursuing changes that require legislation as well as changes that can be done by executive action. The hope is to come up with a series of proposals to be released when the AIDS quilt comes to Washington in October. Schedule permitting, you might want to announce the proposals. TO: Hillary Rodham Clinton FROM: Jennifer Klein DATE: 3/29/96 RE: "Health Care Roulette" Column You had asked me to respond to this column. I'm not sure that a response from you is necessary. The author argues that insurance should be available and affordable when people need it. If you do want to write a letter, we could say that we agree completely with that point. We could also urge that the first steps can and should be taken right now by passing the Kassebaum-Kennedy health insurance reform bill. The bill would stop insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and ensure that people don't lose their insurance if they lose a job or change jobs. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1996 0.7B Health care roulette U pon reading Monday's column, in which I reproduced a letter from a reader in Nashville who had been Meredith denied health insurance by Blue Cross and Blue Shield after a heart transplant, a read- Oakley er from Conway responded with his own tale of rejection. "In September 1994," he wrote, "I suf- fered a minor stroke and was admitted to tising dollars being spent by the insurance the hospital for two days. My recovery was companies touting their 'caring attitude complete within a matter of hours. Since (Now I see the insurance companies taking then I have taken blood pressure medicine aim at my mother on Medicare." and a blood thinner. I walk two and a half That last is a reference to recent are miles every day and I am in relatively good nouncements by several insurance compa health for a person 68 years of age. nies about premium increases in Medicare Citing medical underwriting guidelines, supplemental policies. Conway Reader's inquiry about obtaining The premier issue of Blue and You the a Medi-Pak policy was rebuffed by Blue new "customer-focused" magazine of Ar Cross a month ago. kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, ad "Being somewhat concerned, I visited dressed the subject of what it called "the my doctor. He assured me I was in rela- rate race." tively good health, my blood pressure and "If(rate increases) are so unpopular,' the body functions were normal, and I had no article stated, "why do health insurers raise reason for concern. He stated that Blue rates and risk the wrath of policyholders? It's Cross wanted to make money and not be out a simple choice: Raise rates or lose money. anything on a patient. Since then, I have or- Of course, popularity, or lack thereof, has dered the same coverage through AARP." nothing to do with rate increases. Ifit did, What's the moral? That one should obtain there would be none. Insurance companies every type of health care coverage that could are businesses like any other. They don't ex- possibly be needed before it's needed? Ridicu- ist to lose money, they exist to make it. So. lous. If one could afford that much insurance, what if rate increases incur the wrath of pol- one wouldn't need that much insurance. icyholders? What are they supposed to do I'm rather superstitious. I have this ir- cancel their policies and take their chances? rational notion that I won't need insurance Perhaps. Or they could shop around like as long as I have it and that if I were to can- the reader from Conway did. Blue isn't the cel it tomorrow, I'd need it the day after. only color in the spectrum. I can afford insurance, and my health is I daresay most critics did not fault the good enough that I can have it, but I have Clinton administration's desire to overhaul another notion, not as irrational as the first, the American health care system, only the that if I were to become seriously or cata- manner in which the administration set strophically ill, I'd lose my insurance re- about doing it. gardless of my ability to pay the premiums I've got a view that some acquaintances (for as long as the savings account holds out). in the insurance industry see as simplistic, The fact is that people are denied cov- even simple-minded. It is that insurance erage every day, and every day people see ought to be available when needed. their insurance coverage priced beyond af- have no quarrel with investing iti the fordability or canceled altogether. future, putting money aside, in the form of A case in point is the experience that an premiums paid, in anticipation of that day unidentified Arkansan shared with law- of need. But when that day comes, I want makers last month. the promised coverage to be thered not "Three years ago, my father, who had re- jerked away at the first glimmer of dawn sponsibly paid health insurance premiums and canceled somewhere around noem for many years, had his health insurance Unfortunately, health care isn't. ad canceled by Arkansas Farm Bureau and dressed in the Constitution. We may have their insurance company, Blue Cross and an unalienable right to life, but the quality Blue Shield," he/she wrote. of that life is left pretty much up to us as in "He was having health problems at the dividuals in a free-enterprise system. time of the cancellation, and after an outcry Until that is changed-by Supreme by Rep. Lloyd George and a few others, he Court edict, congressional mandate or the was offered a new policy at about 10 times groundswell of public opinion-we'r also the premium he was paying. He could not pretty much at the mercy of the system afford it and passed away shortly there- Thankfully, it's still a competitive system after-uninsured, As you can imagine, I am appalled and Associate Editor Meredith Oakley's column appears incensed when I the millions of adver- every Monday, Wednesday, Friday Sunday THITE Kathy Binto - Dean Ornish Proposal 3/10 Demonstration under Medicare to try out new things - - - - waive payment vules Interested in proposal Lost- effective alternative to services Med. already pays for ( dut / exeruse to avoid Payment mechanism Surgery ) Would get worned out 300 Med. benef. by HLFA ranus it based on merit Peer review panel to review / How Med. research can enhance better outcomes - - not just payment improvement Loonma at seriously summer - decisions get made But - - Fauing recission Mrg again W HCFA - - new data TO: Hillary Rodham Clinton FROM: Jennifer Klein DATE: August 4, 1995 RE: Maternal Health Study: Female Genital Mutilation You had asked about the numbers in the chart on female genital mutilation (FGM). The estimate that 100 million women are affected by FGM represents approximately 34 percent of the female population of sub-Saharan Africa, since the total population is 586 million and roughly half (239 million) are women. Some of the countries with the highest percentage of women subjected to FGM have very small populations, whereas some of the more populated countries do not practice it so extensively. Therefore, the percentage chart may make it appear as though a greater number of women would be affected. In addition, the 100 million figure is only an estimate, as no one knows exactly how many women are affected. Since social taboos and limited medical reporting make it extremely hard to document the extent of the practice, the estimate may understate its true extent. The estimate is based on research by Fran Hoskens (who has been studying FMG since the early seventies and developed the first estimates of its prevalence) and Nahid Toubia (a Sudanese physician who until recently worked for the Population Council). I will put all of this in your Beijing briefing materials. TO: Hillary Rodham Clinton FROM: Jennifer Klein DATE: August 1, 1995 RE: Maternal Health Study The women's reproductive health study reported in the New York Times was prepared by Population Action International, a research organization. The study ranks 118 countries on a "Reproductive Risk Index" based on their average scores on ten indicators: (1) teen births; (2) contraception; (3) abortion policy; (4) anemia during pregnancy; (5) prenatal care; (6) attendance of trained personnel at birth; (7) HIV/AIDS rates among women; (8) infertility (which often indicates STDs); (9) average number of births per woman; and (10) mortality rates in childbirth or due to unsafe abortion. The United States ranks 18th overall, but still falls within the "very low risk" category. Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium rank highest. The main distinctions between the United States and these top countries are: The United States has a much higher rate of teen pregnancy (6 per 100 births as compared to 1 or 2 per 100 births); The United States has a lower rate of contraception use (71% as compared to 76% - 79%); Fewer women in the United States receive prenatal care than in Italy, Denmark, or Sweden (95% as compared to 100%); and The United States has a higher fertility rate (average of 2.1 births per woman as compared to 1.2 - 2.0). The researchers believe that Italy rates well because of its high scores on all of the indicators, rather than due to a single factor. Italy has fewer births (an average of 1.2 births per woman as compared to 2.1 in the U.S.), a low mortality rate (4/100,000 as compared to 7/100,000 in the U.S.), and a very low rate of anemia (10% as compared to 17% in the U.S.). In addition, 100% of women receive prenatal care and are attended at delivery by trained personnel (as compared to 95% and 99% respectively in the U.S.). Also, despite the fact that many women in Italy rely on traditional methods of contraception, such as withdrawal and rhythm, reproductive health remains strong because a high percentage of women do practice family planning and because women have access to safe abortions. Italy ranks well on the chart comparing the risk of death from complications of pregnancy, childbirth, or unsafe abortion because this risk is determined by looking at the chance of dying during a given pregnancy (mortality rate) and the number of times a woman is exposed to that risk (fertility rate). As noted above, Italy rates well in both of these categories. n a Ranking of Maternal Health, 7/2 U.S. Trails Most Developed Nations Can out wave than 100 per 100,000 births, whereas By PHILIP J. HILTS Reproductive Risks: about half the world's nations have rates of 200 to 1,750 per 100,000. The ASHINGTON, July 25 Range Worldwide study also cited Tunisia and Viet- W - The United States nam as having made unexpected Estimated risk of death from ranks 18th in an index progress. measuring maternal complications of pregnancy, The report contained at least two this thing w health, lower than most other devel- childbirth or abortion in a oped nations in the world, a new woman's lifetime in selected study says. countries. The study reviewed the data in 10 categories of maternal health and Italy 1 in 17,361 gave each of the 118 countries sur- Norway 1 in 15,432 Money is one veyed a score based on its perform- ance in those areas. Areas rated Australia 1 in 8,772 D taly included the number of women who answer, not United States 1 in 5,669 die during childbirth, teen-age preg- good nancy, contraceptive use, prenatal Poland 1 in 3,608 the only one. care and availability of safe abor- Cuba 1 in 1,286 tions. so The study, released on Monday, China 1 in 439 shows that the chance of dying from Zimbabwe 1 in 217 pregnancy or childbirth varies dra- matically in different parts of the Mexico 1 in 131. surprises for researchers. One was world, from 1 in 7 in Mali to about 1 India 1 in 59 that Italy ranked best in reproduc- in 17,000 in Italy. The rate in the tive health in the world. United States is 1 in 5,669. The study Kenya 1 in 31 "We didn't expect this," Dr. Conly was done by the research group Pop- Mall 1 in 7 said, "because while use of family ulation Action International in Wash- planning in Italy is high, over half of ington. Source: Population Action International Italian couples use traditional meth- ods like withdrawal and rhythm, The countries with the best overall which experts generally consider rankings were, in order, Italy, Den- less effective. However, Italian mark, Norway, Sweden and Bel- ceptive use. women appear able to use these gium. Ranked the worst were Mall, Although it still fell in the study's methods effectively, largely because Congo, Somalia, Angola and Zaire. "very low risk" group of countries, safe abortion is available on re- the United States ranked behind Although an important factor af- quest." such emerging countries as Taiwan fecting the ranking is a country's Another surprise, Dr. Conly said, relative wealth, said Dr. Shanti R. and Singapore. And Dr. Conly con- was that countries like Indonesia tended that it "is likely to drop even Conly, director of policy research for and Bangladesh, which have become farther if this Congress continues as the group, some quite poor countries exemplary nations in offering family have worked on women's health is- it has started." A proposal to end planning broadly, nevertheless fall public contraceptive services in the sues and ranked well, while other in the "high risk" category because United States has been approved in nations of great wealth scored rela- their death rates from pregnancy committee, and another to cut aid to tively poorly. and childbirth remain high. developing nations in Africa by one- The study looked at three areas Last year, at the International third may be an indication of what is for each country: family planning, Conference on Population and Devel- to come, she said. which the researchers said reduced opment in Cairo, 180 nations reached Some relatively poor countries the risks associated with frequent an agreement urging all countries to have made long-term commitments childbearing and reliance on unsafe make reproductive health services to health care and family planning, abortion; pregnancy and childbirth, and contraceptives available to all Dr. Conly said, and have succeeding including such related health con- by the year 2015. in several important measures. cerns as AIDS and anemia, and post- "Their programs may not be the pregnancy issues like infertility. The United States did not rank Cadillac models," she said, "but The nations of the former Soviet higher largely because of teen-age they give all people access to health Union were not included in the sur- pregnancies - its rate is about six care of some kind." vey because some data for those times that of European nations - Costa Rica, Cuba and Sri Lanka nations were not available in compa- and a relatively low rate of contra- have maternal death rates lower rable form. Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. 995 REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARDS WORLD POPULATION STABILI 7 TION Population Action Health pue, Women's Sexual JO Risk: AWorldwide Reproductive PRESS RELEASE Population Action International Contact: Sally A. Ethelston (202) 659-1833 Ext. 133 Formerly (202) 387-6925 (home) Population Crisis Committee Patricia Sears (202) 659-1833 Ext. 131 HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL: (301) 587-8671 (home) 24 J ULY 1995-6:00 PM EDT/22:00 GMT WOMEN'S SEXUAL AND MATERNAL HEALTH MARKED BY EXTREME INEQUALITY AMONG NATIONS Washington-The health risks faced by women in sexual activity and childbearing vary enormously from country to country, according to a new study of more than 100 countries from Population Action International (PAI). A woman in Italy, the best ranked country in the study, faces only a 1 in 17,000 risk of dying from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth over the course of her lifetime. For a woman in Zaire, the worst ranked country, the risk is more than 1,000 times greater, at 1 in 16. In fully 55 of the countries surveyed, a woman faces more than a 1 in 100 lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes. While access to medical care in pregnancy and childbirth is close to universal in the industrialized countries, worldwide only slightly more than half of all births are attended by any kind of trained personnel. In Nepal, Afghanistan and Somalia, less than 10 percent of women receive prenatal care or have a trained attendant at delivery. The study, Reproductive Risk: A Worldwide Assessment of Women's Sexual and Maternal Health, uses ten indicators to rank 118 countries-home to 94 percent of the world's people-on a 100-point Reproductive Risk Index. The study also includes data on 14 of the former Soviet Republics. "For a woman in her childbearing years, good reproductive health is crucial to her health overall and to her ability to play an active role in society," says Shanti R. Conly, editor of the study and PAI's director of policy research. "The vast disparities evident in this study reflect the failure of many countries to invest in women's health, and the consequences for women are devastating." more Population Action International 1120 19th Street, N.W., Suite 550, Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Telephone: 202-659-1833 FAX. 202-293-1795 Telex: 440450 Printed Paper Reproductive Risk/Page 2 Population Action International In the countries with the lowest reproductive risk-Italy, Denmark, Norway and Sweden-the factors contributing to good reproductive health include low teen birthrates and small family size overall; nearly universal access to maternal health services; high levels of contraceptive use; low levels of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and access to safe abortion upon request. Out of 23 countries with Very Low reproductive risk in the study, the United States ranks eighteenth, while three non-European countries-Singapore, Canada and Australia-rank in the top ten. In the three worst ranked countries-Zaire, Angola and Somalia-more than one-fifth of 15- to 19-year-olds give birth each year and women have, on average, close to seven children; most women lack access to basic health care in pregnancy and childbirth; fewer than 10 percent of women use any method of family planning; and abortion is illegal or permitted only to save a woman's life. Of 21 countries in the Very High reproductive risk category, only two-Haiti and Afghanistan-are not in Africa. The PAI study points to the lack of family planning and basic maternity care, among other reproductive health services, as being largely to blame for women's poor sexual and maternal health in many developing countries-especially in sub-Saharan Africa. "Country rankings on our Reproductive Risk Index tend to reflect income levels," says Conly. "However, some poorer countries-like Cuba, Costa Rica and Tunisia- have made long-term investments in expanding access to family planning and health care, and women are reaping the benefits." A few countries where strong family planning programs have contributed to relatively high levels of contraceptive use rank worse in the PAI study than would be expected, namely Bangladesh and Indonesia. Pregnancy rates among teenage women in Bangladesh are among the highest in Asia, while the percentage of women who receive any formal maternal health care is among the very lowest. Even in Indonesia, where more than half of all reproductive age women use contraception, only 40 percent of births are attended by trained health personnel. Abortion is legal only to save the life of the woman and an Indonesian woman's lifetime risk of dying due to maternal causes-including unsafe abortion-is 1 in 72. The risk is 1 in 30 in Bangladesh. But it is in sub-Saharan Africa that women bear the greatest burden of poor sexual and maternal health, according to PAI. Fully 32 of the 46 countries falling into the Very High and High risk categories in the study's Reproductive Risk Index are in Africa. Factors threatening women's health in Africa include: high pregnancy rates among teens; low levels of contraceptive use; levels of HIV infection in the medium and high range; high --more- Reproductive Risk/Page 3 Population Action International levels of infection with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), reflected in rates of infertility that exceed 10 percent in all but a few countries; and a lack of health care during pregnancy and childbirth. The study cites female genital mutilation as another factor contributing to the abysmal reproductive health status of African women. In all but three sub-Saharan African countries-South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya-fewer than a quarter of women use any method of contraception. Restrictive abortion policies severely limit women's access to safe abortion services throughout most of Africa. Women bear, on average, more than five children-a factor that, combined with high maternal death rates, results in a lifetime risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth that is greater than 1 in 100 in every sub-Saharan African country surveyed except Zimbabwe and South Africa. Among the 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries included in the study, rates of contraceptive use exceed 50 percent in all but a handful of countries. Maternal mortality remains high in a number of countries, however, and women face a more than 1 in 100 lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes in ten of the 21 countries, reflecting a lack of access to maternal health care services. Cuba, Costa Rica and Uruguay, rank best and fall in the category of Low reproductive risk on the study's Index. Haiti, Guatemala and Honduras rank worst within the region. "Reproductive health concerns were at the heart of last year's International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, and are again on the agenda for the upcoming Beijing Conference on Women," says Conly. "Our study shows the crushing burden of poor sexual and maternal health experienced by women in many countries, and we hope it will strengthen international resolve to aggressively address these issues in Beijing." Beyond the availability of health services, a range of social and cultural factors also influence women's health, according to PAI. The low status of women in many societies helps perpetuate patterns of early and frequent childbearing and is often an obstacle to their use of existing health services. Cultural traditions-such as female genital mutilation, child marriage, and taboos against certain foods during pregnancy- also harm women. In Bangladesh, for example, custom dictates that a woman give birth alone or with only female relatives in attendance. Thus, while access to reproductive health services is critical to improving women's health, efforts to empower women-including educating girls and providing economic opportunities to women-and to educate men about women's health needs are also important. --more-- Reproductive Risk/Page 4 Population Action International PAI recommends a comprehensive approach to improving women's reproductive health that would include the provision of prenatal and delivery care, including emergency obstetrical care; access to STD services; and, at a minimum, access to treatment for the complications of unsafe abortion. The study also underscores the importance of family planning education and services to reproductive health, pointing to its potential for helping prevent both high risk pregnancies-especially among teenage girls-and the spread of AIDS and other STDs. "A comprehensive approach to reproductive health is urgently needed," says Conly. "Access to modern methods of contraception can dramatically reduce the number of unwanted and high-risk births. To reduce maternal death rates, however, women must also have access to emergency medical care during childbirth and alternatives to unsafe abortion." The ten indicators used in the study reflect both access to services that affect women's sexual and maternal health and actual health outcomes. Under access, the study includes four indicators: Percentage of women using any method of contraception; Percentage of pregnant women receiving prenatal care; Percentage of births attended by trained personnel; and Legal status of abortion. Another six indicators reflect the health consequences of access-or a lack of access-to reproductive health services: Percentage of pregnant women with anemia; Annual births per 100 women aged 15-19 years; Level of HIV/AIDS infection among women [PAI places countries in one of three categories: low, medium or high]; Percentage of women experiencing infertility [high infertility usually indicates high prevalence of STD]; Average births per woman (total fertility); and Number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, including deaths due to unsafe abortion. Each of the 10 indicators used in the study is scored on a 100 point scale and the scores are averaged to yield a total score on the Reproductive Risk Index. Countries identified as Very Low Risk have a total score of less than 15 points; countries with 15 to 29 points fall in the Low Risk category; countries with Moderate Risk scored 30 to 44 points; High Risk countries scored 45 to 59 points; and countries in the Very High Risk category have total scores of 60 points or more. The lowest score, 6.6 points, is that of Italy, while the highest, 76.5 points, is that of Zaire. The 118 countries included in the study all have populations of 2 million or more people. --more-- Reproductive Risk/Page 5 Population Action International The PAI study includes a summary of findings for each of the ten indicators used for the Reproductive Risk Index, noting the great disparities among countries. With regard to early childbearing, for example, Japan's annual birthrate among 15- to 19-year olds is less than 1 in 100, while in Angola and Guinea the rate is 24 in 100. The United States also fares poorly on this indicator, with 6 in 100 of this age group giving birth each year-the same number as in India and Pakistan. HIV/AIDS among women poses a new threat to reproductive health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. PAI's classification of countries as having either low, medium or high levels of HIV infection is based on small-scale studies, usually of pregnant women in urban areas. All of Europe and North America and most Latin American and Asian countries have low prevalence of HIV infection among women. However, 19 countries fall into the medium classification, including 13 countries in Africa, 3 in Southeast Asia- Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar-and 3 in the Americas-Panama, the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Another 14 African countries, plus Haiti, have high HIV prevalence among women in the general population. The risk of death in childbearing is dependent on both the chance of dying during a given pregnancy, and the number of times a woman is exposed to that risk. Thus the PAI study, while including data on both maternal mortality and family size, assigns scores based upon a woman's lifetime risk of dying due to maternal causes, including unsafe abortion. Family size is highest in Yemen, where women bear, on average, 7.6 children. Women have the fewest children in Hong Kong, Italy and Spain, where the average is just 1.2 children. Maternal mortality is highest in Mali and Somalia, where more than 1,000 women die for every 100,000 live births; it is lowest in Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Israel. However, a woman's lifetime risk is lowest in Italy, Belgium and Hong Kong, while still highest in Mali and Somalia. Lifetime risk is about 1 in 6,000 for women in the United States, which ranks fifteenth on this measure of women's health. The lack of comparable data for the former Soviet Republics (NIS) prevents their inclusion in the Reproductive Risk Index, but the PAI study includes new data on these countries. Use of modern contraception does not exceed 25 percent among women of childbearing age in any NIS country, due to the limited availability of contraceptive supplies. As a result, abortion rates are high throughout most of the NIS, with the annual number of abortions per 100 women reaching 8.3 in Ukraine, 8.5 in Kazakhstan, 10.4 in Belarus, and 12.0 in Russia. By comparison, the annual abortion rate is 2.6 per 100 women in the United States, and 2.0 per 100 in Sweden. --more-- Reproductive Risk/Page 6 Population Action International Both family size and maternal mortality are higher in the Central Asian Republics than in the European NIS. A woman's lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes is highest in Turkmenistan-where 1 in 150 women die in pregnancy and childbirth-and similar to the risk faced by women in Algeria, Colombia and Brazil. Among the NIS, lifetime risk is lowest in Azerbaijan. In Russia, a woman's lifetime risk of dying from maternal causes is about 1 in 1,000, as it is in Thailand and Uruguay. Reproductive Risk: A Worldwide Assessment of Women's Sexual and Maternal Health is the sixth in PAI's annual Report Card series. The 1994 Report Card, Financing the Future: Meeting the Demand for Family Planning, found that spending on family planning in developing countries averaged just 80 cents per capita per year. The 1994 study recommended a spending level of about $3.30 per capita for a basic package of reproductive health services, including family planning, AIDS prevention and safe maternity care. Only a handful of the 79 countries included in the 1994 study spent more than $2.00 per capita. They included Costa Rica, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tunisia. An increase in annual expenditures from the current $5 billion to a minimum of $17 billion by the year 2000 is needed to meet the growing demand for services, while improving their range and quality. Nations participating in the Cairo conference on population and development last year endorsed both this spending goal and the elements of a reproductive health care strategy. At the time, a number of countries— including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan-indicated their willingness to increase assistance to developing countries for this purpose. Since then, however, no new donor pledges have been made and overall development aid continues to fall. "This study's cold statistics promise more death and disease for millions of women and families, unless we implement the Cairo plan of action to make basic reproductive health care available to every woman in the next 20 years," says Hugo Hoogenboom, PAI's new president. "The nations of the world agreed to this last September. The retreat from this goal by the donor community-as reflected in recent actions of the U.S. Congress-is profoundly disappointing. Indeed, it is inexcusable." Reproductive Risk: A Worldwide Assessment of Women's Sexual and Maternal Health is available for purchase from: Population Action International 1120 19th Street, NW-Suite 550/Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202/659-1833 Population Action International, a Washington, DC-based, non-profit, non-governmental organization, was founded in 1965. Population Action International is committed to universal access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health services, reproductive choices for women and men, and early stabilization of world population. --more-- The Reproductive Risk Index (continued) Annual Women Pregnant Women Births Births per Using Women Receiving Attended by Level of Maternal Country 100 Women Contra- Abortion with Prenatal Trained HIV/AIDS Infertility Deaths per Reproductive Aged 15-19 ception Policies* Anemia Care Personnel in Women in Women 100,000 Risk Index (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) Births Uruguay 6 72 C 37 80 96 Low 3 2.4 36 23.7 Vietnam 2 53 A 63 73 90 Low 2 3.7 120 25.7 Argentina 6 66 C 37 90 92 Low 3 2.9 140 26.9 Malaysia 3 48 C 34 75 92 Low 4 3.6 59 27.8 LOW RISK Chile 6 43 E 21 91 98 Low 3 2.5 67 27.9 Tunisia 2 50 A 38 58 68 Low 7 3.3 127 29.8 Sri Lanka 3 62 E 62 86 94 Low 4 2.5 80 31.0 Jordan 5 40 C 50 76 87 Low 3 5.6 40 31.0 Turkey 4 63 A 74 43 76 Low 2 3.5 146 31.5 Jamaica 9 67 C 62 95 90 Low 7 2.9 115 31.6 Colombia 7 66 E 24 80 71 Low 2 2.7 200 32.2 Brazil 8 66 D 34 74 73 Low 2 3.0 200 33.1 Thailand 5 66 C 52 77 66 Medium 2 2.2 37 33.2 Saudi Arabia 12 14 C 31 86 90 Low 3 5.5 41 33.4 Venezuela 10 49 E 29 74 97 Low 2 3.6 200 34.2 Panama 9 58 C 42 72 84 Medium 3 2.9 60 35.3 South Africa 7 50 C 37 84 86 Medium 5 3.8 84 35.7 Lebanon 3 55 E 50 85 45 Low 3 2.9 128 36.2 Philippines 3 40 E 48 77 55 Low 2 4.1 74 36.2 Peru 6 59 C 53 64 60 Low 3 3.5 300 36.9 Mexico 8 53 D 41 60 69 Low 3 3.2 200 37.5 Ecuador 8 53 C 46 52 84 Low 5 3.8 300 37.6 MODERATE RISK Oman 12 9 E 50 79 75 Low 3 6.9 7 37.8 Iraq 5 14 C 50 65 74 Low 3 5.7 117 38.3 India 6 41 B 88 49 70 Low 3 3.4 420 39.5 Algeria 3 47 C 42 58 15 Low 3 4.2 129 39.6 Nicaragua 15 49 E 42 92 73 Low 3 4.6 300 40.0 Paraguay 9 48 E 63 84 66 Low 3 4.4 300 41.2 El Salvador 13 53 C 42 34 66 Low 2 3.9 300 41.4 Libya 11 14 E 53 76 76 Low 3 6.4 80 42.1 Egypt 7 47 C 47 53 34 Low 4 3.9 266 42.2 Bolivia 8 30 C 25 45 55 Low 3 4.8 600 42.4 Dominican Republic 9 56 E 52 97 72 Medium 5 3.3 300 42.8 Iran 9 38 E 50 47 70 Low 3 6.0 120 42.9 Morocco 4 42 C 46 34 31 Low 3 4.0 327 43.4 Indonesia 6 55 E 74 76 40 Low 7 2.9 400 45.6 Syria 11 20 E 52 60 61 Low 3 6.2 143 45.7 Zimbabwe 10 43 C 47 92 69 High 10 5.0 77 46.3 Myanmar 3 46 E 58 75 57 Medium 5 3.8 460 46.9 HIGH RISK Sudan 9 9 D 36 70 69 Low 9 6.1 550 47.2 Honduras 13 47 E 42 45 81 Medium 3 5.2 221 47.7 Population Action International (, () N -/. 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The following countries were dropped because A available on request data were only available for eight or fewer indicators- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, R= permitted on broad social and health grounds Eritrea, Greece, Ireland and Macedonia. C= permitted on limited health grounds Numbers in italics indicate estimates. D = permitted only for special cases (rape, incest, to save a woman's life) E = illegal or permitted only to save a woman's life Population Action Population Action International 1120 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone (202) 659-1833 Fax (202) 293-1795 International CHANCE OF A WOMAN DYING FROM COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH OR UNSAFE ABORTION DURING HER LIFETIME Italy 1 in 17,361 Norway 1 in 15,432 Australia 1 in 8,772 United States 1 in 5,669 Poland 1 in 3,608 Azerbaijan 1 in 3,429 Costa Rica 1 in 1,447 Cuba 1 in 1,286 Russia 1 in 1,021 Uzbekistan 1 in 484 China 1 in 439 Zimbabwe 1 in 217 Tunisia 1 in 199 Turkmenistan 1 in 152 Mexico 1 in 131 Indonesia 1 in 72 India 1 in 59 Bangladesh 1 in 30 Zaire 1 in 16 Mali 1 in 7