Word: clementses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Most of the new men owe their eminence to Nixon, by and large; they lack powerful constituencies to fall back on if they happen to run afoul of the President. The most important of the jobs goes to Boston Brahmin Elliot Richardson, who moved from HEW to Secretary of Defense...
ST. CLEMENTS. (1105 Boylston St.) Saturday Evening Revue, Fri. and Sat. at 8, Sun. at 6.
Sir / Bravo, Father Clements! You are resurrecting a school system that they can't wait to bury here in the affluent white suburbs. If I were in the Chicago suburbs I swear I'd bus my children to your school.
This learning, which lasts all year round, includes both religion and black heritage, but the emphasis is on relentless drill in reading and math. "We're preparing them for predominantly white high schools," says Clements. "They won't be getting ghetto tests there." The school's stern...
In defiance of much modern educational theory, the combination of drill and discipline seems to work splendidly. In the two years since Clements came to Holy Angels, its students in grades four through eight have raised their scores on standard tests to about the national average, while those at a...