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During the past year, Reed's whizzes have outscored California's top high school students in the U.S. International Chemistry Olympiad and won first place against U.S. junior highs in the National Language Arts Olympiad and the Atlantic-Pacific National Math Contest. Reed graduates have also won the Westinghouse Science Talent Search and the Churchill Fellowship to Cambridge University. Perhaps most impressive, Reed has compiled this enviable record using no extraordinary funding or trendy teaching gimmicks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Launchpad for Superachievers | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...record was held by Greg Louganis of UCLA--who went on to win gold medals in both platform and springboard diving events at last summer's XXIII Olympiad...

Author: By Neil Mooney, | Title: Men's Swimming | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPICS (ABC). With half the globe watching, the extensive and authoritative coverage of the XXIII Olympiad was breathtaking to behold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Best of 1984: Video | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Sally Ride, Geraldine Ferraro and the women of the XXIII Olympiad. Can there be any doubt that TIME'S choice should be the American woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 10, 1984 | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

Along with the Math and Physics Olympics, the International Chemistry Olympiad is held annually in Europe; but this is the first year America entered the 20-country event...

Author: By Andrew R. Elby, | Title: Freshman Takes Bronze in Chemistry Olympics | 12/7/1984 | See Source »

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