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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...must also amass at least 18 "credits" during his four years. One full credit is granted for each year of a subject whether solid or special. As long as a student fulfills the minimum academic requirements, he can earn the rest of his credits in a variety of ways...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Typical Midwestern High School Seeks Values Outside Classrooms | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

Advanced students may be readily determined on the basis of reading comprehension and special skills--determined by simple, inexpensive, and easily available standardized tests formulated by major American universities. This is our best hope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gifted Child: Tragedy of U.S. Education | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

Second, school districts can and should embark upon adequate counselling programs, using as models some high schools in Westchester Country, N.Y., or Long Beach, Cal.--where comprehensive counselling programs have for years encouraged special interests and solved the particular problems of students with high intelligence and unique talents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gifted Child: Tragedy of U.S. Education | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

...school officials fail to act in meeting what may be properly termed a crisis--for more than the gifted child--then it is up to parents and citizens of the community to fill in. The nation's press has recorded events in Lakewood, Ohio, where parents launched after-hours special classes in language and science when the school board failed to provide them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Gifted Child: Tragedy of U.S. Education | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

Occasionally the third and fourth years of a language are given, upon special agreement between a teacher and a few interested students. Although Russian and Portuguese are listed in the city-wide course catalogue, neither is actually offered...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Typical Midwestern High School Seeks Values Outside Classrooms | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

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