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...other is a decision handed down last November by the state Supreme Court. In a case involving a fluoridation referendum in Newton, the Court ruled that such votes are merely advisory and not binding...
...person in 300 reaches the 140 level. But if whole communities reach an average of 140," asks Platt, "does one child in 300 reach 180? And one in 2,000 reach 190? If this turns out to be so, we may not have to wait centuries for the next Newton; we may have a dozen within 20 years. The number of 180s getting out of college in the next few years may not be a mere dozen, but hundreds. It could be an explosion of genius such as the world has never seen...
...referendum in November, Cambridge citizens voted to discontinue fluoridation, 16,677 to 15,257. But a state Supreme Court decision in a Newton case this fall suggests that the November referendum has only an advisory effect and is not necessarily legally binding on City officials...
...Newton pays its school superintendent $22,000 a year, compared with the mayor's $15,000, and in Harvard-honed Charles E. Brown, 39, it has one of U.S. education's genuine whiz kids-a reformer who believes that schools them selves must launch curriculum ideas rather than wait for university brain-stormers. Newton is no passive receiver of new courses through the mail. It creates its own, the work of teachers who plunge into ceaseless meetings and study groups as soon as the kids go home in the afternoon...
Stand Back. "You don't work in Newton unless you're a glutton for punishment," says one former teacher, who wishes he had never left. To find such gluttons (top pay: $11,600), Superintendent Brown raids not only schools across the U.S. but also universities. He takes only the best: "The people who hire teachers have to have the courage to turn down those who are not fit." As a result, Newton is brimful of truly concerned teachers. "My most important task," says Brown, "is to find good people, make sure they know their responsibilities, and then...