Word: graded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beliefs of most scientists, but his political instincts were more right. Particularly at the local level, the creationists represent strong popular feeling. In Dallas, school officials recommended that teachers use books that teach "two models" of the origin of life and the earth, Darwinian and creationist. In Anchorage, ninth-grade teachers have been ordered to skip the sections in history texts dealing with evolution, at least until the school board can provide additional material on divine creation...
Sullivan said he would buy several million dollars in bond anticipation notes at an interest rate of 8 or 9 per cent to help fund renovations of the Webster. Longfellow and Roberts grade schools, but not until the state guaranteed that it would pick up 75 per cent of the costs...
Proponents of the practice point to players who went on to successful high school and college careers after repeating a grade. John Bond, the freshman quarterback who led Mississippi State to an upset win over then undefeated Alabama last October, voluntarily repeated the eighth grade at his Valdosta, Ga., school. Says Bond: "I wasn't too hot about the idea at first. All my friends had gone on to high school, and I had new friends. I felt dumb. But I realized that at least I could get some playing time if I stayed back...
...practice spreads, coaches are also pressed to encourage grade repetition by townspeople who want winning high school teams. Says Andy Urbanic, head coach at Pittsburgh's Penn Hills High School: "The pressure to win at all costs begins to come down on the coaches, who in turn put it on the kids' heads." But some coaches have resisted and won nonetheless. Lloyd Bohanon, coach of Georgia's championship runner-up, Griffin High, says parents have asked him about holding their sons back. "I've never advised anyone to do it," Bohanon says. "A kid sees only...
Principal Crumley himself seems to be omnipresent, popping up as lunch periods begin in the school's barracks-like cafeteria and walking the halls when classes are changing. He knows many of the students by name, and most of their parents. Third-Grade Teacher Mary Robus credits him with being instantly on call for any teacher. She recalls a morning when her class was a bit slow lining up to return from the playground. A voice boomed from the fire tower above: "I'd like to see those lines straight." It was, of course, Crumley...