Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Irwin was called a "behavior problem"-a disobedient pupil who did shoddy work. But after his third-grade teacher told the Irwins that their son had a "learning disability," they hired an educational psychologist who tested Tommy. The conclusion: Tommy was not too slow but too quick for the classroom routine. His IQ was a very elevated 169. "He was frustrated and bored to tears," observes his father, Attorney Ronald Irwin. Now the Irwins are suing Illinois' McHenry County School District for damages of $1 million, seeking a legal precedent that would compel increased education spending for the gifted...
...Coalition will operate picket lines in front of most classroom buildings, and will hold an afternoon rally calling for divestiture of Harvard's holdings in firms operating in South Africa, and strengthening of the Afro-American studies department...
Smith drew the greatest audience response as he spoke without notes, quoting from Karl Marx and Malcolm X. He told white students in the audience not to be dissuaded from taking Afro-Am courses simply because they would be a minority in the classroom...
...coalition will ask Faculty members to cancel or reschedule all classes Monday and will sponsor picketing of the major classroom buildings--the Science Center, Emerson, William James, Harvard, Sever and Sanders Theater...
...Bentz's two-year tenure in the classroom has come to a sudden and inglorious end; he has been arrested in Oakland on 16 felony warrants charging, of course, white-collar crimes. Bentz, a tractor salesman, is accused of bilking purchasers and bouncing checks...