Davis County Clipper | 1979-11-07 | Page 12 | Local News

YET, WITH the help of GEMS, the district is producing produc-ing sound, skilled readers despite classroom overcrowding overcrowd-ing and other problems attendant at-tendant with burgeoning enrollment. Jordan's success with GEMS has caught the attention atten-tion of other school districts in Utah, a number of which have inaugurated pilot GEMS programs of their own. Most recently, the Intertribal Indian In-dian School in Brigham City began hatching a GEMS clone. AND THE story of its success suc-cess extends beyond Utah's border. The program has recently cited by a panel of experts in HEW as worth duplicating nationwide. Fewer than 250 education programs have received this recognition.