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<text id=91TT2190>
<title>
Sep. 30, 1991: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Sep. 30, 1991 Curing Infertility
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 2
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<p> By late Friday, things usually begin to take shape and quiet
down here at TIME. Except for breaking news, most of the
stories for the current issue have already been chosen, written
and edited, and some editors are even working on plans for the
following week. But for a remarkable group of educators, the
week's work on TIME has barely begun. On Friday afternoon, a
team of high school English and social-studies teachers meets
to look over the emerging crop of stories in preparation for a
frenzied weekend of work. By Sunday night they have produced a
polished four-page teacher's guide to the magazine. And on
Monday morning the guide goes out to 5,000 secondary schools
around the country--along with about 150,000 copies of TIME.
</p>
<p> The teacher's guide, which has suggested discussion topics
and quizzes on the week's news, is only one part of the TIME
Education Program, which is produced and marketed by Guidance
Associates, Inc., in Mount Kisco, N.Y. (1-800-882-0852). There
are also periodic writing and current-affairs contests,
scholarship programs and a yearly contest in which students try
to guess who TIME's Man or Woman of the Year is going to be.
This week, in addition to the teacher's guide and the magazines,
schools with satellite dishes will be able to tune in to
Guidance Associates' School and College Satellite Network and
watch TIME editors and one of the writers of the weekly guide
discuss how to make the recent events in the Soviet Union
relevant to their students. "We've been thinking of doing
something like this for some time," says the program's editorial
director, Wilma Mann, "and the Russian Revolution cover story
in TIME seemed like the perfect opportunity." Another new
project is TIME for College. Last week a separate teacher's
guide went out for the first time to several hundred colleges.
The purpose of this program is to help teachers develop the
writing ability of their students. Says Alexander Sareyan, our
associate director of consumer marketing: "TIME is an excellent
tool for teaching writing and communications." These efforts are
a way for us to share the excitement and skills of our
profession, so there's a satisfaction there for us as well.
</p>
<p>-- Elizabeth P. Valk
</p>
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