Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...others, in greater or lesser degree, give no indication of this kind of dedication, and their work is accordingly anonymous and dull. Some of them, I know, are able to make their subject come alive in the classroom, but their literary inadequacies are disappointing and their greyness disturbing...
...them the opportunity of sharing in the spiritual heritage of our nation." But the right of free exercise carries with it the right not to participate in any sort of religious activity, and it is begging a point to say that New York schoolchildren were free to leave the classroom during the recitation of the prayer. Even the children of the five Long Islanders who brought the suit remained in their classrooms, because, as one parent explained, their parents did not want them to become "pariahs" among their schoolmates...
...Association report that "the subject of Communism (like any other subject) should be taught factually, thoroughly and objectively." In Atlanta, where students are now introduced to the massive fact of Russia in sixth grade, a board of education directive says: "The teacher should keep in mind that the classroom is a forum and not a committee for producing resolutions or dogmatic pronouncements. The class should feel no responsibility for reaching an agreement." Says San Francisco Superintendent Harold Spears: "I think the story of Russia speaks for itself. All you've got to do is teach the facts...
Oconomowoc, Wis., transformed itself into a mock Soviet classroom for a week last year. St. Paul high school students are taught about early experiments in Communism, "so when we come to Russia and its Communism, it's not a shock." Denver maintains a committee of teachers to decide how to handle touchy subjects...
...Outlet. Work like Denis Mitchell's is the general aim of ETV producers, and not the exception, as it is on ABC, NBC and CBS. Not classroom television, N.E.T. programs range all over the spectrum of interest from the natural sciences to drama and jazz. And none of the 64 stations broadcasts a single commercial...