Decline in U S Test Scores Triggers Debate Across Schools
New York report analyzes 12 year drop in SAT math and verbal scores from 478 to 434 and ACT composite from 20.0 to 18.7, with colleges expanding remedial courses. Five theories cited include the tube culture, changing student pools, broader test use, and shifting values. Experts urge parents and schools to emphasize reading and rigorous study across disciplines.
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College Entrance Examination Board
Coral Lansbury
Rutgers University
David E. Wiley
Annegret Harnischfeger
University of Chicago
Office of Education
Cash in a bung hole from New Vineyard miller Chesley Pinkham
In 1791 settlers in New Vineyard Maine built Chesley Pinkham a miller’s home and dam. He minted coins into a bung under his mill beam for barter while others had no money. After a flood, his hidden coins vanished with the mill, and he spent his days seeking the lost treasury until death. The author recalls angling near Chesley’s stream hoping to find the glint of coins.
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Massachusetts
New Vineyard
United States of America
Maine
Chesley Pinkham
Chesley
Kennebec
Portland
Norridgewock
Faith and Credit of
The
United
Chesley’s
S. F. Fontinalis
Ford and Carter appeal to longings for moderation in 1976 race
The essay argues Ford and Carter gain momentum not from party machines but from appealing to a yearning for decency and cooperation. Voters favor simple, honest, moderate leadership over loud ideology, with Carter possibly reaching the vice presidency and Ford providing an optimistic, unifying campaign. Bennington flood notes and 1951 village events follow in brief.
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Gerald Ford
Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Senator Jackson
Mo Udall
Fred Harris
Eric Hoffer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Democratic Party
Jack Kennedy
Sen. Jackson
Reagan
Lincoln
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Pownal Center Highway Hearing Supports Road Relocation
Residents heard a state Highway Department plan to relocate and improve two hazardous sections of U S 7 north of Pownal Center with little opposition. The session covered safety upgrades and project scope amid community impact concerns.
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U.S. 7
Pownal Center
State
Orden Comedy Letter A bachelor is a man who views marriage as a comedy
The Burlington Free Press presents a letter satirizing marriage as a comedy of terrors, with the author framing bachelorhood as a safer, simpler alternative. The piece uses humor to critique social expectations surrounding wedded life.
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Times News Service
New York
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Willard Wirtz
Secretary of Labor
National Manpower Institute
Akers
Owen R. Kiernan
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Richard Ferguson
A.C.T
College
Edward Rivinus
St. Louis Country Day School
Lee Gaillard
Hockaday School
Dallas
the Times
Friendship, Maine
John Gould
States of America
Christian Science Publishing Society
Washington
Mayor Daley
Chicago
George
Charles de Gaulle
France
Bennington
Bellows Falls
Connecticut
Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
George H. Plumb
Patrick V. Perrott
Manchester
Montpelier
Vermont Association of Student Councils
Pownalites
Vermont Marble Company
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Congress
Stephen Decatur
James Barron
Washington, D.C
Barron
Lyndon
William Westmoreland
U.S
Vietam
Creighton Abrams
Saigon
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Ach
Hanson Avalbridge
Arlington
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Orden
Burlington Free Press
Boston Globe
Main St
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