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NEWS\n\nLeadership is the direction of agroup of people in the achievement ofa purpose.If Ronald Reagan is toexercise effective leadership as Presi-dent,he must secure the cooperationof key members of Congress.  \nCompromise is a settlement of dif-ferences by mutual concessionsInmany cases,both the President andCongress must compromise to get im-portant laws passed.  \nSeparation of powers is a theory ofgovernment established in the U.S.Constitution,whereby power is sep-arated,or divided,some power rest-ing in the executive branch,some inthe legislative branch,and some in thejudiciary.The framers of the Consti-tution believed that separation ofpowers would ensure against the con-centration of and abusive use of pow-er by one branch of the government.  \nSeparation of powers is madeworkable through the interde-pendence of the three branches ofgovernment.The executive branch,for example,must appeal to the leg-islative branch to enact laws.Thelegislative branch must rely on theexecutive branch to enforce laws.And both must depend on the ju-diciary branch to decide whether thelaws are constitutional.  \n## TEACHING STRATEGY\n\nTell students they have the impor-tant job of briefing President-ElectReagan on the workings of the Fed-eral Government.Divide the classinto three groups—each group rep-resenting one of the three branches ofthe Federal Government.Each stu-dent group is responsible for explain-ing to President-Elect Reagan therole of its branch in originating,pass-ing,enforcing,or adjudging the lawsof the United States.  \nTEA CHIN G IS S U E 11  \n# U.S.Government\n\nDebate OverSchool Busing    \nPage1  \n## CONCEPTS IN THE NEWS\n\nEmotions are the feelings and atti-tudes of people.The issue of busingarouses strong emotions in many peo-ple,both because of its connectionwith civil rights for minorities and be-cause it decreases the freedom of par-ents to send their children to nearbyschools.  \nGovernment is an established sys-tem of rules and authority.The threebranches of the U.S.Government areset up to provide a system of checksand balances on political power.Inthe case of the current busing-relatedbill,the legislative branch(Con-gress)has proposed a bill that wouldchange the operation of part of theexecutive branch(Department ofJus-tice).The President,however,as headof the executive branch,has the pow-er to veto the bill.  \nRights are claims to which a per-son is entitled.Busing was ordered asa way of protecting the civil rights ofschoolchildren.  \n## TEACHING STRATEGY\n\nIn order to understand the com-plex issue of busing,students mustfirst understand the basic principlesof segregation and integrationWritethese two words on the chalkboardand ask students to define them.Inwhat ways can segregation in hous-ing,transportation,and education beunfair to minorities?  \nAsk students to consider the prob-lem faced by the U.S.Government inimplementing the Supreme Courtruling(in 1954)that segregatedschools were unconstitutional.Canstudents think of other methods theGovernment might have used to com-pel states to integrate schools?  \n# TeacherUpdate\n\n## What does your school do with dis-ruptive students?\n\nFor most U.S.schools the answerhas been to suspend those students一throw them out ofschool for a periodof time.But for teachers and admin-istrators at Central High School inSt.Louis,Mo.,suspension just didn'tseem to be the answer.  \n\"It seemed to us that suspensionactually rewarded misconduct,\"saysCentral's principal,William Purdy.\"It sent disruptive students out ofschool—where they didn't want to bein the first place.”  \nPurdy and Charles Brown,one ofCentral's disciplinary administra-tors,came up with a new plan to pun-ish unruly students.It's called Modi-fied Alternatives for Student Sus-pension(MASS).  \nMASS is based on in-school isola-tion.MASS students are completelyexcluded from any contact with otherstudents and school activities.Theyenter and leave school through a 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