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Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald says Americans have "the odd conviction that their country is still an experiment." The idea of the democratic experiment is one so central to our survival that it must be engraved on our consciousness.
(5 of 11) with bacterially produced interferon, developed at Genentech. Interferon is part of a natural defense system against such viral diseases as influenza and hepatitis; it also seems to act against certain types of cancer, particularly cancer of the breast and the lymph nodes. But to date only extremely...
Test scores of the 450 pupils dramatically bear out Fitler's success. Less than 50% of Philadelphia's pupils reach or surpass the national median on standardized tests in reading, math and language skills; at Fitler, 81% do so. Only 2% of Fitler's students are in...
Substitute teachers sometimes ask, "What are you doing here? This is the first place I've been able to teach." One reason, says Crumley, who helped recruit a staff of volunteer teachers when the experiment began four years ago, is quick follow-up in rule enforcement. "If a child...
Philadelphia School Project Evaluator Arnold Escourt notes that parents are naturally more cooperative because they deliberately chose the school. Principal Crumley also has an advantage in running a small school and in having been able to attract a new teaching staff when he started the experiment; he thus avoided problems...