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...Stamford, Conn. (pop. 50,000), more & more names were turning up on the Burdick Junior High School's biweekly failure lists. Principal Joseph J. Franchina started to nose out the trouble-and he thought he knew what it was. Principal Franchina smelled television...
...four hours a day watching TV. In many cases it did not matter that the youngsters had no sets at home; after classes they traipsed to neighbors' houses where there were sets. Franchina's figures meant that at the end of each week, at least half of Burdick's pupils had spent as much time sitting before TV as before teacher...
What constitutes a balanced diet of programs? No one seems to know yet. For this reason we are awaiting hopefully the results of a study being conducted by teachers at Burdick Jr. High School in Stamford, Conn., where last week's valuable poll was taken. These educators represent the first group to explore methodically the ways by which education can capitalize on the TV medium. They are pioneers, it is hoped, in a field that must continue to grow, to keep up with television's technical advances...
...available spends an average of 27 hours a week viewing sundry "live" and "canned" shows. This average of nearly four hours a day is only 50 minutes less than the average daily time spend in the classroom. (The sample used in this survey was drawn from the Burdick Jr. High School, where the student body ranged from 11 to 15 years...
...EUGENE BURDICK...