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Dates: during 1970-1970
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This week Allen is in Washington at the White House Conference on Children, superselling his suggestion that every school system in the nation should create an "alternative" school "where change is the tradition." Said he: "Students will no longer tolerate a procrustean system of education. I want useful alternatives and...
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The First Alarm. Allen's off-campus missionary projects (400 speeches last year) occupy him four days a week, and even though he often starts his on-campus days at 4:30 a.m., troubles are building up. Ironically, the new ed school shows signs of tripping into some of...
So far, Allen has retained the overall support of Chancellor Tippo, but he admits he has made some mistakes and expects to make more. He is convinced that taking risks is the only way to change the school, and most of his faculty agree. "Dwight Allen promises more than he...
Two years ago, the athletic director at Julia Barash's high school in Monroe, N.Y., refused to let her try out for the school's varsity tennis team−an all-male squad. His shaky ground: state regulations say that girls just don't compete with boys...