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...Florida is $6,660, which is $660 below the national norm. And while Florida is growing rapidly in population and wealth, it is actually slipping in the share of state revenue devoted to education. It ranks tenth among the states in per-capita income, but at $523 per pupil, ranks 37th in what it spends on the schools. Ten years ago the state contributed 59% of the cost of the schools; last year this had shrunk to 42%-and many counties have been hard pressed to make up the difference...
Composed of 33 leggy young women and lithe young men (average age: 22), the Pennsylvania company is not yet long on polish but makes up for it with a springlike exuberance and clear delight in dancing. Since Barbara Weisberger is a former pupil of George Balanchine's, it was no surprise that her company bore a stylistic resemblance to the New York City Ballet; the Pennsylvania's repertory includes six stagings of Balanchine-created ballets...
...pupil was tactfully restrained when he beat his old teacher last week-and the teacher took the defeat in stride. Marching over to the A. & M. bench, Bryant hoisted Stallings onto his shoulders and paraded him around the sidelines...
...Discipline comes from being a disciple," says Psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim; both words come from the Latin word for pupil. Children become disciples of parents who enjoy and back up one another; whose mutual respect and ungrudging praise for work well done makes children draw a positive picture of themselves. But the approach must be genuine; the young mind is quick to spot the phony...
...experiment was designed to explore some of the problems of teacher-pupil relationships, Michael E. Orme, assistant professor of Education and instructor in P 20 ("Psychological Foundations of Education",) explained yesterday. Those members of P 20 not blind-folded were instructed to "teach" those who were...