Word: pied
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Army has once again overlooked the obvious solution to the Kentucky "birdbath" [March 3]. If my mother's singing was correct, four-and-twenty blackbirds can be baked in a pie...
What's the big deal with the blackbirds? The surplus should be harvested, not controlled. We took a starling pie to Thanksgiving dinner, and it was the hit of the day. Starlings are a very tasty bird...
...Project to Individualize Education (PIE). Students select their own courses and determine how often they will attend classes. (As in the other schools, counselors are available to help students make their choices.) Students also may schedule themselves into encounter groups and independent studies...
...Education by Choice seems to be working. School Superintendent William Alberts says, "The community is happy with the way the alternative program has evolved." The students also seem to be pleased. Junior Sue Eaton, for example, was tempted by the PIE alternative, but recognized that she needed more discipline than it offered. On the other hand, she felt that she would quickly get bored in the Traditional School. "I needed a push," she says, "so the Flexible School seemed like a good middle ground for me. Every Wednesday we do a lot of different things out of the classroom...
...state bears only 28.7% of the cost of local education, compared with the national average of 43%. Half the public money spent in the state is raised at the local level, primarily through real estate taxes. Affluent towns end up with the lion's share of the pie, while poor areas struggle under the inequitable system. Part of the problem is that state legislatures have refused to enact a state income...