Word: high
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...possible for a hard-working parrot to have huge scholastic success. For panicked patriots who insist that the-U.S. look abroad for an educational model-something he does not suggest-Hechinger reports that Norwegian academies teach more math and physics than Soviet schools, and that "any French high school graduate would find the Russian [final] exam a breeze...
...America's educational framework is sound, the body of elementary and high school learning is far from healthy. U.S. schools still send graduates to college grossly unprepared for higher education, and many schools are still run. Hechinger reminds his readers, by such administrators as the Florida school official who said recently, "The training of our youth in sound practices in the operation of motor vehicles is as important as learning to read.'' Hechinger suggests some reforms well worth debating...
...some of the years now given to elementary and junior high schools, fill them with high school level courses. ¶ Legislate widespread and continuous federal aid to education. ¶ Keep local control of curriculum, but strengthen schools by the establishment of national minimum standards. Hechinger suggests a National Board of Education Advisers, appointed by the President, from citizens of widely varied occupation. The board, apparently, would determine only the minimum attention given to each subject; Hechinger would rule out "any interference with matters of personnel, curriculum, teaching methods and the selection of textbooks...
...units, v. 119,678 the week before) was caused by parts shortages, but production is expected to rise again this week. American Motors, still working a six-day week, kept producing and selling Ramblers apace. ¶ Steel production, though somewhat behind the forecasts, set a 19-month high with 76.9% of rated capacity and 2,178,000 tons' actual production. This week's schedule: a jump to 79.7% and the best level since the boom-time days back in April...
...estate or other things as a hedge against inflation, Anderson is finding the public increasingly uninterested in bonds. Furthermore, Wall Streeters thought he had made a mistake in trying to sell securities with one year as the shortest maturity. At a time when investors were trying to figure how high interest rates might go, too many of them did not want to tie up their cash for a year...