Word: experimental
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Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald says Americans have "the odd conviction that their country is still an experiment." The idea of the democratic experiment is one so central to our survival that it must be engraved on our consciousness.
Periodic "renewals" are endemic to the American way of life at all levels. We live in flux, have always done so, and probably always will. Therefore, while I applaud your articles, I wish that the idea of the experiment had been more central to them.
Test scores of the 450 pupils dramatically bear out Fitler's success. Less than 50% of Philadelphia's pupils reach or surpass the national median on standardized tests in reading, math and language skills; at Fitler, 81% do so. Only 2% of Fitler's students are in...
Substitute teachers sometimes ask, "What are you doing here? This is the first place I've been able to teach." One reason, says Crumley, who helped recruit a staff of volunteer teachers when the experiment began four years ago, is quick follow-up in rule enforcement. "If a child...
Philadelphia School Project Evaluator Arnold Escourt notes that parents are naturally more cooperative because they deliberately chose the school. Principal Crumley also has an advantage in running a small school and in having been able to attract a new teaching staff when he started the experiment; he thus avoided problems...