TALKS WILL ADDRESS FUTURE OF EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 26 -- The future of education in
Virginia will be the focus of a public presentation Wednesday, Dec. 3,
at the University of Virginia.  The session will begin at 1 p.m. in
Room 004C of Ruffner Hall.
	State Sen. Emily Couric (D-, 25th District) and Helen Rolfe
will discuss the recommendations of the General Assembly's
Commission on the Future of Education in Virginia.  Couric is a member
of the commission and Rolfe is its chief staff person.
	The talk is part of the 1997 Curry Forum on Educational
Issues, a graduate-level course that focuses on key issues in
education.
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                                                          Nov. 25, 1997
	
	For more information, contact professor James Cooper in
U.Va.'s Curry School of Education at (804) 924-0860 or via
jmc2n@virginia.edu.  Information about what's happening at the
University of Virginia is available on U.Va.'s website:
http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/.