Editorial Gymnastics in logic by Harvard professor Jencks
Harvard education professor Christopher Jencks concludes that improving educational opportunities will not greatly reduce U S economic inequalities. He argues schooling and native intelligence poorly predict earnings and questions school value solely by academic satisfaction while urging more learning. He supports racial integration via public funding and questions forced busing but suggests political control of economic institutions as a socialist remedy, a view the piece criticizes as illogical.
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Christopher Jencks
Harvard University
America
Jencks
William K. Stevens
New York Times
College helps Polynesia rise to 20th century ideals
In Laie Hawaii the Polynesian Cultural Center owned by the LDS Church hires about 500 South Pacific students from Mormon colleges to fund tuition. The 15 acre center features Samoa Hawaii Tonga Fiji Tahiti and Maori exhibits while students study and perform to support their education. The college plans new programs in travel industry English as a second language and teacher education aiming to strengthen South Pacific ties.
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Hawaii
UPT
South Pacific
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Church College of Hawaii
Laie
Honolulu
The
Polynesian Cultural Center
PCC
Samoa
Tonge
Fiji
Tahiti
New Zealand
Tenter
America
Stephen Bower
English Language Institute
Church College
U.S
Power Sail
Bower
Jencks challenges myths of education equality
Harvard education associate Christopher Jencks and Mary Jo Bane argue in a new study that equalizing schools does not end poverty and that per pupil spending and desegregation yield limited gains. They urge reassessing assuming the links among home life, luck, talent, and economic outcomes.
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Jencks
Mary Jo Bane
Saturday Review of Education
Basic Books
Wwe
Footnotes of a Moralistic Column on Daily Life
A fragmented reading presents quotes about learning, manners, courtesy, and self improvement. It muses on warnings against excess flattery, the value of confidence, and the dangers of worry and vanity, urging focus on intelligent thought and real traits.
Letters on Crane’s The Bridge and downtown Long Beach
A reader cites Hart Crane’s The Bridge as a unifying work with diverse elements, while another laments Long Beach downtown intersections. Dr Dana H Howe argues for broader prisoner exchange logic, and Samuel Whitman ponders Nixon’s evolving stance and 1976 issues.
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Sydney Harels
Hart Crane
Crane
Harris
Brooklyn Bridge
America
Prairie
Mr. Harris
James Joyce
Seal Beach
Revolution Rhetoric in Congress Sparks Public Outcry
In a letter from Long Beach Warren W Crabired criticizes the House Appropriations Committee for allocations including 4.2 billion dollars, 150 million for Cuban refugees, and 50 million for Russian Jews. He calls for a national health program, aid for the needy, rapid transit, and warns of revolution driven by government spending.
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House Appropriations Committee
Russia
Congress
Paris
Long Beach
Warren W. Crabired
Don’t Vote California Out of Jobs Address
A message urges voters to keep jobs by supporting the Western White House presence in California. It highlights expected visitor traffic and federal contracts that could attract investors, tourism, and business activity, contrasting California prospects with a move to South Nakata versus Long Beach.
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California
White House
South Nakata
Long Beach
Parody Quotation Cites Informers on Kissinger Actions
The item quotes unnamed informers who suggest Dr. Kissinger is long on talk and short on action. The remark is framed as a possible tribute to his discretion in choosing whom to speak with.
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DITOR
Parade
Dr. Kissinger
Henry
Long Beach
Nixon’s Fourth Year Quote Spurs Debate on Re election
A 1968 remark by Richard M. Nixon warned that those who failed to produce peace in four years should not be given another chance. Critics argue his 1968 campaign contradicts that view by seeking a second term to continue policies.
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United States
Richard Nixon
China
United Nations
Richard M. Nixon
Long Beach
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