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Word: insistenceon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Education Commissioner James E. Allen Jr., who turned to a committee* that seemed to have no better chance of finding a solution than the board itself. Instead, last week, after a two-month study, the committee made proposals that struck almost everyone with their common-sense compromise originality and insistenceon excellence. Essence of the plan was a drastic revamping of the existing school system, dividing a child's twelve years of basic education into three four-year segments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Common-Sense Compromise | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

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