Category: 1978

  • Special Classes Help Gifted in Ghettos

    OUTSIDE, there is a burned‐out tenement, a symbol of a devastated inner‐city neighborhood. Inside, a teacher is working on algebra problems with a class of gifted children, preparing them for entrance to specialized high schools. Of the 16,800 pupils in District 7, 400 are in special progress classes. The district is about 68 percent Hispanic,…

  • Grouping by Ability Of Students Upheld For New York City

    The Federal Government said yesterday that New York City public schools could continue grouping Youngsters by ability even if it led to racially imbalanced classes. And in a related action, it withdrew a charge that the city’s three academically elite high schools discriminated against black and female students. The Government actions, contained in an agreement…