Word: teach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...concerns have also shifted dramatically in the decade. The most debated issue in 1955 was the role of the Federal Government in public-school education; this year's conferees took federal involvement for granted. The earlier conference concentrated on such grand and general topics as what schools should teach and what were the nation's educational goals. More pragmatic in nature were the 18 themes-ranging from dropouts to teacher training-discussed this year during the sectional meetings held at Washington's Statler-Hilton. Underlying them all was an issue scarcely discussed a decade...
...Heavenly Rest (irreverent parents dub it "the celestial snooze") and by the Brick Presbyterian Church. Prudent parents apply to at least three nursery schools, since they cannot be sure that they or their child will pass the tough admission interviews. One worried couple hired a tutor to teach their boy how to cope with coloring books...
Your recent coverage of the summer teach-in and Donald Riegle's letter of June 19th both reveal significant issues clouding the future impact of such events. One cannot help but believe that if the recent Norman Mailer performance is typical the teach-in movement has ceased to be constructive and has become instead just a particularly well-organized adolescent rebellion against the harsh realities of one phase of adult life...
...intriguing that the teach-ins have rarely featured speakers with a responsible stake in the administration of any policy, much less that of our government in Vietnam. When such speakers have appeared, attendance has fallen and the remaining audience has subjected them to the cat-calls of night-long bedlam. Rarely have the teach-in speakers considered rational alternatives to the blunt, pressing problems of dealing with an implacable, illusive enemy who refuses either to yield or to negotiate. Rarely have alternative action proposals been examined in the light of their complex consequences for our friends, our enemies...
Vainly pursuing the womanly fulfillment that her pictures teach, the star weds impotent Movie Executive Paul Bern (Peter Lawford). After his suicide, poor Jean plunges into moral decay, and eventually wanders off alone to the beach in a slinky black formal, as good a way as any to catch a fatal cold. Since its script has already succumbed to silliness back in the first reel, the latest filmflam Harlow will be mourned...