Extraordinary New York program lifts underprivileged students
The Demonstration Guidance Project at Junior High School 43 and George Washington High School in New York, launched in 1956, identifies and nurtures high potential students from low income and immigrant families. With extended counseling, remedial reading and math, and a wide cultural enrichment plan, participants show significant gains in reading, math, and college eligibility, while parents engage more in school activities.
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Manuel
George Washington High School
New York City
United States
Board of Education
Commission On Integration
U.S
129Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Puerto Rico
Deep South
Junior High School
Dan Schreiber
Ethel Flanagan
New York
Ial
Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park
City
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Atomic Energy
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Harlem
Manhattan College
Schreiber
New Horizons
Washington
Columbia University
Influence of an Educational Experiment at George Washington
Henry T. Hillson leads an extended Demonstration Guidance Project at George Washington High School to lift 148 experimental pupils. Results show sharp reading and math gains, high college readiness, improved behavior, and wide cultural exposure through college visits and arts experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Hillson
Amherst College
Amherst
Project
Henry Hillson
Board of Education
Thoroughbred Lore Amid Vermont Racetrack Dreams
A Berkshire North column traces Thoroughbred origins from 17th century English mares and Arab stallions to modern speed. It notes a proposed Vermont racetrack near Pownal, describing its layout, infield lagoons, Route 7 access, and a railroad border beside the cemetery, concluding racing noise won’t disturb the resting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop’s Farm
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association, Inc
Hoosac
Leon W. Dean
Burlington
Vermont Old Cemeteries Association
Near East
Barb
England
North Berkshire
Vermont
Green Mountain
Berkshire County
Bennington County
Pownal
Campaign to build John Glenn Memorial Building at Muskingum College
California businessman H P Dunlop pushes a million dollar memorial building at Muskingum College New Concord Ohio honoring astronaut John Glenn. He cites Glenns Christian faith and the impact of small Christian colleges on America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
John Glenn
Muskingum College
New Concord
Ohio
H. P. Dunlop
California
America
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N.Y
Arthur D. Morse
Bimon and Schuster
Walter McQuade
Aluminum Company of America
Eggers and Higgins
Mr. McQuade
Science Resarch Associates
Susan Blakey
Metropolitan Opera
Museum of Modern Art
New York Coliseum
Helen Levitt
Henry T. Hillson
Dartmouth
New York City Ballet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States Military Academy
American Shakespeare Festival
Straford
Conn
Bureau of Educational Research
George
National Scholarship Service and Fund For
Richard Plaut
South
Paul
Board
Bureau of Educational and Vocational Guidance
Bureau of Resources
Doubleday and Company, Inc
Polly Pownal
Route 7
Little Miss
Racing Association
Berkshire
Pownal’s First Cemetery
Glenn Monument
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