SCHOOL 'CONTEST' SEEN BETWEEN U.S., RUSSIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200190013-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: September 6, 1959
• Content Type: NSPR

it or not, the ?II l States ,
`g is
hethCx likes i+Me74iRd contest W" R
educa"Onsl
"tre0"
reached
`. N tit. Lawrence 0. Ds3 a , Ste
A . 5'
as .~.m r work" $ -
and ends t' . ,.
betty.". 30 and
htei a3' Biortaie
In 10 a Soviet student
In the UM.a to grades "spends
about:t le some number oStta days
schools as fife United
,in
pupil does In 13 years." schools remain open as
?lfrta pia. to give students
Dr . f err said his gmup
{yes told';,here U no teaehe a
prKtalii a An' nag".
hTiC~ DZRt W
ported it wen plat. I.AVVB
unpresaed y .?,''Puraerles and . ,r? s1
Where Ruleave "sreatiY In bY
., .
1XII fOSeliti '' p
t their lc And the edu- tent "of
their c oleo tt? structitm in tote : t
ed that the schools." ? and
catoij,
teacher o" oIerv d
teachload in the ? general university students ? ba `'
schools level, arable to pre- veloped fluency in sPeak1 sod
hook here) was genuine understAndittg of what
college level' ac
"favorable: was said to them.
Laborat ,t9 and teaching They added that "45 Wx cent
equipment. they said, were "ad- cf those taking a foreign lah-
equste." pgrt-teacher confer- gunge are studying En
sagas word frequent and "ap- In addition to Dr. Derthlck.
pare of Lane
ntly eQretlve." the group was made up
gently y a ign*se Teaching C? Ash of the United States
Office of Education; George
On Dr. Will Vpfflialanguage teach- Z. F. Bereday of Columbia
/ ? ~ Dr, m K. Medlin Of Untversity Henry C. Chauncey.
r, the United i3tgtes ice of lEd- e resident of Educational Test-
ueation said the group Was "let president at Princeton. N. J.:
the Quality of in- ing Se r V Oat,
di dawn by John Holden, ..
.unction below the fifth grade A. Comtnlsslonei of Edu-
HuDt of
level. cation: Herold C.
However, the report said the Hard University: Harty' C.
:Quality of IOrefgn language in. Kelly of the National Science
f
structiolt:ltt Soviet secondary
andl1
schools was inot veiericcanrhigh ton Helen John&cIn
from that John B. ~Yhitelaw}o1 the cel
sehook, a ere' of Education.
'*nd U)S. educawrs
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