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...subject: the Declaration of Independence. The scene: a seventh-grade history classroom at Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport, La. The teacher: a substitute who wrote his name, "Mr. Bennett," in big letters on the blackboard. His teaching method: Socratic...
...Shreveport was the first stop on an eight-city tour designed by Bennett to focus attention on "the art of teaching." Also on the list are Washington; St. Louis and Clayton, Mo.; Osburn, Idaho; San Jose; Raleigh, N.C.; and Concord, N.H., where Bennett will sub for Sharon Christa McAuliffe, who is preparing for her January trip aboard the space shuttle. Bennett, a University of Texas Ph.D. in philosophy, who has taught at several universities, said he found teaching "one of the toughest jobs anyone could possibly have...
...cable TV. The shelves of religious bookstores are filled with their social protests, in which the buzz words "secular humanism" are used to cover anything and everything the authors disapprove of. The Fundamentalists "have moved into the center of America's cultural stage," says Baptist Pastor William Hull of Shreveport, La., who is unsympathetic to them...
Southern University system President JESSE STONE at Southern University in Shreveport, La.: "In our efforts to open up new vistas of learning for our youngsters, we made certain assumptions that have not been proven. One was that, in direct competition with white students, black students would work harder. That did not turn out to be the case. Another assumption was that blacks and whites would learn positive things from each other and, as a result, take each other more seriously. The fact is, under integration, too many whites still find no value in black culture except music, the ability...
Crystal Oil, a Shreveport, La., refiner, posted the worst performance on the American Stock Exchange, dropping from 14 3/8 to 3 1/4. Healthdyne of Marietta, Ga., a manufacturer of devices that monitor infants for sudden-death syndrome, turned in the largest decline on the over-the-counter market, falling from...