Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...starkly modern Palace of Congresses, President Leonid Brezhnev rose to keynote the festivities with a 90-minute report on the state of the Soviet Union and the world. As always, he had quite a lot to say-about the latest Soviet grain harvest (somewhat disappointing), Moscow's current approach toward Peking (mildly conciliatory) and Eurocommunism...
...more constructive approach, many educators feel, would be to concentrate on teacher training?deleting some of the methodology instruction in teachers' colleges and adding courses in the teacher's future subject. Says Howe: "Any school worth its salt also needs in-house retraining of teachers rather than sending them off to local teachers' colleges for a course and then raising their salaries...
...that '60s innovations have left schools flaccid. They demand a return to a three-Rs curriculum and call for "minimal competency" testing, to make sure that high school students are not granted diplomas until they can read and write at some rudimentary level. More progressive forces disagree with this approach. "I'm all through with mandating, with forcing students...
Daniel Schorr oriented his entire life around reporting. For him, reporting was "not only a livelihood, but a frame of mind" used to approach every situation he encountered. Always skeptical, he looked for a hidden story behind every conversation. Always objective, he sought detachment from the events he covered...
Schorr's decision to approach the book as a journalist was instinctive, but it was also wise. The attempt at objectivity enhances the book, providing the reader with a fuller story and a clearer perspective than mere reminiscence...