State Board Recommends Revised High School Standards
Richmond reports the State Board of Education endorses new high school standards including minimum 20 units for private schools, U.S. history and government requirements, health and physical education through 10th grade, 180 days of instruction, 55 minute classes, 275 minutes of lab science weekly, and full time librarians in larger schools. Clarke Junior High in Portsmouth added to accredited list. Literary Fund loan applications approved for three counties pending plans.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
United States
Virginia
UH. Clarke Junior High School
Portsmouth
BLOOM NEWS BRIEFS AND LITERARY FUND STATUS
Bloom notes city and county school funding pending final plans and lists project totals including Carroll County Laurel Fork White Elementary $18,000 Jasper White Elementary $24,000 Loudoun County Banneker Negro Elementary $50,000 and Douglas Negro High School $200,000. The board approves $1,267,000 for funds release and reports Literary Fund cash and loans as of June 30 with $13,564,584 on hand and $8,689,628 due on loans.
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Carroll County
Laurel Fork White
Lee County
Jasper White
Loudoun County
Banneker Negro Elemetary
Douglas Negro High School
Literary Fund
General Assembly
Space Distance To Be Measured By Radar Echoes
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory report radar echoes are now used to study the moon meteors the ionosphere and the aurora They say high power radars large antennas and amplifiers make radar measurements to Venus Mars and the sun feasible and will improve the astronomical unit distance. A Vanguard satellite is said to carry a magnetometer to measure Earth's magnetic field at high altitudes.
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Benjamin
Yaplee
Naval Research Laboratory
Moon
Earth
Planets
Venus
Mars
Sun
Vanguard
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