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...Raphael, a draftsman without peer, was a mediocre colorist. The change also raised the suspicion in some specialists' minds that the lower and darker half of the painting, depicting the cure of a boy's madness by divine grace, had actually been done by Raphael's pupil Giulio Romano...
...white students. The rest-some 900,000-attend free, compulsory state schools. For the nation's 3.7 million black students, however, attendance at separate state schools is optional, tuition costs $50 a year, and schooling is generally inadequate. The government spends ten times as much per pupil on whites as on blacks; the student-teacher ratio is 20 to 1 for whites, 60 to 1 for blacks. Better education was one of the major demands by young demonstrators in last year's riots in Soweto and other black townships, which left 500 dead. Blacks able to afford...
Some alumni who learned their lessons well have won release from prison. But unlike most jailhouse lawyers, street-law grads are less prone to clogging court calendars with futile writs and motions. The program has also helped inmates improve their lot while still serving time. One star pupil in the first street-law course at the D.C. Jail filed a suit against the District government, the Department of Corrections and jail authorities, charging inhumane conditions and treatment of prisoners. He won and reforms are now under...
SCHOOL FINANCING. The biggest problem in the American public school system is an ancient school-financing program that depends upon property taxes. The difference between one district's tax evaluation per pupil and another's causes an enormous amount of inequity. I would favor equalizing property taxes with state appropriations, usually coming from sales or income taxes, as Texas, California and New Jersey, for example, are finally starting...
Giroux said Cambridge currently has low teacher-to-pupil ratios, so the cuts can be absorbed by a more efficient utilization of staff...