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...author uses his theories to attack compensatory education programs, such as Operation Head Start, which assume that the withered young intellect will bloom if it is properly watered. Jensen contends that if substantial IQ improvement is the goal, all such programs will fail. He proposes instead that the schools broaden their approach to accommodate all levels of intelligence. Jensen writes: "Too often, if a child does not learn the school subject matter when taught in a way that depends largely on being average or above average, he does not learn...
Time to Learn. Rough Rock was the first such beolta, and it won such enthusiastic support among the Navahos that Roessel and tribal leaders felt encouraged to try the next step. They got a $457,000 grant from OEO to start the community college in a borrowed building. They got $200,000 more from tribal funds, and $60,000 from the William H. Donner Foundation...
Roessel says he will start new courses in any subject requested by students. There will be no pressure to meet a rigid two-year junior college timetable. "We will tell them, 'take your time,' " Roessel says. " 'If you need three years, or four, use them.' " After the college moves from its temporary location to its new campus near Tsaile next year, it will expand its enrollment of 357 to accommodate 1,000 students...
Swinging Ever Since. Tony made another comeback try in November-this time as a pitcher in the Florida Instructional League. "I got bombed in my second start," he admits. In that same game, however, he lined two clean hits. Inexplicably, Tony's vision had improved from 20/300 to 20/20, and his eyesight was pronounced normal by puzzled doctors at Boston's Retina Foundation. "When I heard the news," he says, "I ordered a supply of bats...
...been swinging them ever since. After rejoining the Red Sox this spring, Boston Manager Dick Williams says, "Tony regained his touch and started stinging the ball. He's looked like the old Conig." Conigliaro himself says he can now "get his eye on the spin of the ball," recently proved it by whacking a single and a home run to lead the Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. "Tony never doubted that he could do it," says Williams, "and he made believers out of all of us." Tony has made such a believer...