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Over $1 million of the $2.8 million given to the Graduate School of Education last week by the Ford Foundation will support experimental education projects in Concord, Lexington, and Newton. The Foundation's support of the experiments is "the culmination of seven years' work," Francis G. Keppel '38, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, stated...
...Keppel specifically requested an extended appropriation because of the difficulty of carrying out experiments in education which have backing for only one year. He also pointed out, however, that when new funds have to be solicited each year, educators are tempted to favor experiments which bring fast results and will encourage immediate support rather than slower ones which might be more profitable in the long...
Labelling the Ford grant "a dramatic action," Francis Keppel, Dean of the School of Education said that the grant's size would make possible long-range planning. He stressed the need for "more imagination in the recruitment, training and use of the ablest persons for work in the schools...
Conant will base his report on his recently-published study of American high schools. Other speakers representing the University will be Francis G. Keppel '38, Dean of the School of Education, and Herold C. Hunt, Charles William Eliot Professor of Education...
...Francis Keppel, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, derided the notion that such a step would ever lead to government administration of tests. "The Federal Government will have more and more interest in education," maintained Keppel...