Word: grades
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Into Maggie's Arms. Last year Dr. O'Gorman got an odd idea, hesitated ("It did seem a bit cracked"), finally went ahead. To create human relationships for the children, he called on 20 of Borocourt's higher-grade mentally defective young women. He allowed each to act as a Big Sister to two Smiths children, told them to cuddle their charges (under nurses' supervision) as much as they wanted. They promptly worked wonders...
...added that he favored courses in Christian culture as long as they are not compulsory and "a belief in God is not necessary for a passing grade...
...When I decided to stay with art education, it was a considerable sacrifice on my part," Mvusi says. "I was placed alongside fellows at the ninth grade level as an example. You know, 'If he learns about this sort of thing, we can, too.' Some of the teachers didn't even have my qualifications...
When his year as a ninth grade "example" was over, Mvusi was asked to teach art at the high school level...
...Results Speak." The infusion of underprivileged Negroes into the all-white school system has brought down the scholastic level (to what the two systems would have been before if averaged together). The national ninth-grade median IQ is 101.5-Washington's is now 94. But while Negroes generally score lower than whites, there has also been consistent progress since integration. Most Negro children, notably the youngest, are advancing each year at the pace regarded as normal for whites. More and more Negroes are also breaking through into the honors classes of many high schools...