Readers debate Rickover quotes on schooling and equality
A reader cites two H G Rickover editorials from The New York Times, Feb 2 and 11, arguing social sciences favor group equality over individual capacity and that comprehensive universal schooling dilutes talent. The note suggests parents and educators discuss the implications for public education quality and costs.
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H.g.rickover
N.Y. Times
Mt Anthony students join Britain exchange program
Fifteen Mt Anthony Union High School students will travel to Great Britain for four weeks in June and July under a Putney Vermont sponsored exchange. Richard W. Wohlsen will lead the group. home stays will mirror British students’ homes while attending local schools.
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Mt. Anthony
Great Britain
Experiment In International Living
Putney
Vermont
MAUHS
Britain
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England
America
United States
Wohlsen
Fairfield
Mt Anthony Salutes A Peace Corps Volunteer Turned Teacher
The Newsletter highlights a Mt Anthony teacher from Lancaster Pennsylvania known as the Red Rose city. A Penn State Political Science graduate and Antioch Putney MA in Teaching, he did two years with the Peace Corps in Nigeria and a year with Vista in West Virginia. He taught at Bellows Falls and Brattleboro Junior High, advises Future Teachers of America, and participates in a DUD Forum. He enjoys hiking and eating and travels by not owning a car for ecological reasons. Upcoming issues promise A Trip to Washington and lessons on budgeting and evaluation.
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Red Rose City
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Mount Anthony
Future Teachers of America
Attendance desk at MAUHS details daily clerk duties
Mrs. Phoebe Crosier spends mornings sorting attendance, excuses, tardies, and absences for about 1280 students at MAUHS. She processes late buses, forges excuses, and distributes absentee lists while preparing state records and maintaining the attendance ledger.
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Phoebe Crosier
Mauhs
Paul Taylor and the art of pure dance image
A critical look at Paul Taylor Dance Company argues that Taylor's choreographic method creates distinct dance images defined by movement patterns and the musical space they inhabit. The piece situates Taylor beside Balanchine in exploring how music shapes dance without yielding to narrative sometimes. It also touches on an upcoming Windham Lecture by Education chief Mrs. Boardman on rural values and urban pressures.
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Paul Taylor
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Balanchine
Windham
Vermont
Boardman
Middlebury College
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Bennington
Orange Southwest
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Commission Scribner
Wrong pocket incident ends in Lisbon lockup
Elias guer riero Serra, 24, was strolling with the crowd on Rua Nova De Carvalho when he dipped his hand into the wrong pocket. The pocket belonged to an off duty policeman who took Serra to the local lockup.
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UPI
Elias Guerriero Serra
Rua Nova de Carvalho
Serra
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