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Show ',;'. . .. r. : Wi&il ... ... t gether, say 'okay' it seems we have some problems. What are we going to do to solve them? And then get on with the solution," he continued. cont-inued. One area that needs attention atten-tion is that of reading, Garrett Gar-rett believes. "But, not all teachers , especially those on the secondary level, are not trained to teach reading. I have proposed that the State Board of Education requires changes in the teacher training train-ing programs of the colleges and universities so that aU teachers can help children with their reading regardless regard-less of age or grade." Garrett has served on the certification committee, the student rights and responsibilities respon-sibilities committee, and the junior high school study committee of the State Board of Education. In addition he is currently first vice president presi-dent for the Utah Council of Teachers of English and will become president in October of this year. He served for two years on the public relations com -mittee of Utah Education Association and has also served on the nominations and resolutions committees for the National Assocations of State Boards of Education. GARRETT SEEKS REELECTION TO STATE ED. BOARD Stephen L. Gattett of Cedar Ce-dar City, incumbent member mem-ber of the Utah State Board of Education fron District 7, has announced that he will seek re-election this year. District 7 includes Alpine, Beaver, Garfield, Kane, Iron, Juab, Millard, Piute, Provo City, Sevier, South Sanpete, North Sanpete, Tintic, Tooele, Wayne and Washington School Districts. A broad geographical area includes the above mentioned 16 districts in 13 counties. "The so -called 'failure' of the schools is a solvable problem . But, that solution . will require the cooperation of all those involved in education; edu-cation; parents, teachers, administrators and school boards. For one group to blame another for the problems prob-lems in schools serves no useful function," Garrett said. "We can't continue with an 'It's your fault' approach. We need members of the education edu-cation family (expecially including in-cluding parents) to get to- |
