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Letter To Ms. Marjorie G. Bardeen President, Board Of Education, Leon Lederman
Letter To Ms. Marjorie G. Bardeen President, Board Of Education, Leon Lederman
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This is to invite you to participate in a novel workshop to be held on December 9 - 11, 1983. The purpose of this workshop is to produce a curriculum for a new kind of "magnet" school, described in the enclosed proposal. You are one of about thirty-five invitees, including high school teachers, college teachers, and others, according to the recipe contained in the proposal. All expenses, including travel, meals, etc., will be covered by the Corridor Partnership for Excellence in Education (CPEE). The participating institutions are also listed.
Letter From A. P. Bell To John Crunkilton, Professor At Virginia Polytechnic Institute., A. P. Bell
Letter From A. P. Bell To John Crunkilton, Professor At Virginia Polytechnic Institute., A. P. Bell
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Letter from A. P. Bell to John Crunkilton, professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, answering the John Crunkilton's request for notable names in Agricultural Education. Attached is a list that includes George Washington Owens, H. O. Sargent, S. B. Simmons, J. R. Thomas, Arthur Floyd, and Clarence E. Dean.
Proposal To Establish A Public Middle School Academy, Leon Lederman
Proposal To Establish A Public Middle School Academy, Leon Lederman
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The objectives of the Academy would be to accept gifted high school juniors and, in three years, provide students completely prepared to enter college as juniors.
It is proposed that the school be very strong in math-science, but it does not take too much thought to realize that it must be almost as strong in English, Social Studies and the Humanities. As a pilot project, an entrance class of 300 students per year with an average population of 800 students may represent a reasonable scale. Some of the virtues of this Academy, as contrasted with a Science High School, are …