TOP EDUCATION LEADERS TO ADDRESS TOP EDUCATION
CONCERNS AT U.VA.'S FALL EDUCATIONAL FORUM

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 5 -- Virginia Secretary of
Education Beverly Sgro will be one of more than two dozen regional
education leaders and nationally recognized scholars addressing
topics of concern during the Curry Forum on Educational Issues this
fall at the University of Virginia.
	Started three years ago to address topics of interest to
educators and parents, the forum gives students an opportunity to
decide what to investigate, according to Peter Sheras, head of the
three member faculty team in U.Va.'s Curry School of Education that
is planning this semester's course. 
	 "The students create reading lists for each speaker.  They
help to determine the breadth of an issue," said Sheras, an
associate professor of education.
	During the three-credit course, speakers will address such
topics as multiculturalism, emerging technologies, attention deficit
hyperactivity disorders and the historical and legal issues involved
in conducting religious activities in public schools.  
	The first speaker on Wednesday, Sept. 11, will be the 1996
Virginia Teacher of the Year Barbara Rivers Huneycutt, a third-grade
teacher at Charlottesville's Venable School.  The
teacher-of-the-year honor recognizes Huneycutt's strength and
expertise in technology.  Among her accomplishments at Venable,
Huneycutt established and continues to guide the Afterschool
Computer Lab, which encourages parents to explore technology with
their children. 
	Huneycutt's talk, like those of all the speakers in the
forum, will begin at 1 p.m. in auditorium 4B on the ground floor of
Ruffner Hall.  All speeches are open to the public.
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September 4, 1996
	 For more information, contact Peter Shears at (804)
924-0795.s