Show Page September 24 1975 10 After a decade of experimentation American education goes back to basics' natives By Terry Ryan Associated Press Writer parents After a decade of experiment and innovation for pupils and their Interviews Interviews with dozens educators - teachers American schools are shifting gear From first grade to senior high there are signs of an increasing em- of ad- ministrators association officers and state and federal officials also indicated no widespread retreat from the goal of better meeting the individual learning needs of children It was the aim of much of the recent innovation But the signs of adjustment are many: — Partitions were put up last -- on basic skills and traditional ways of teaching phasis them Open classrooms and the new math have lost some of their appeal Federal grants have switched from arts programs to reading In some communities parents are demanding - and getting - alternative schools that stress educational basics: report cards and discipline “We took for granted that the results were going to be there if year Forest the in done team teaching was dropped as well Enthusiasm wanes Enthusiasm has waned for the said Robert we changed” Wheeler head of the Bureau of open classroom and its accent on School Systems in the federal allowing children to follow their Office of Education “It turns out learning instincts with little inthat some of the innovations were terference from teachers and curriculum goals not productive” — There is a renewed stress on Some were productive The one most frequently cited now by computational arithmetic - the educators is the idea of providing old math - in elementary schools across the county The new math a variety of educational alter Title III money was used to fund experiments in computer-assiste- d instruction There are few around now “Basically it costs too much” said Wickline “The cost of education has just gone up so much that it is a major factor in causing school districts not to look toward introducing new programs and ideas” the Widespread changes came in of next decade when the money the Great Society started flowing Federal expenditures for public schools increased from $500 million in 1956 to $21 billion in 1966 and an estimated $59 billion of this year President Johnson the Elementary and signed Act Title Education Secondary III of the act established federal funding for innovative anda exemplary projects It was spfnrgboard for change About $14 billion has been spent under the Title III program The projects funded under Title III have changed over the years said Lee Wickline director of Title III in the Office of Education students cannot write English — Two fundamental schools were opened last fall in the suburbs west of Denver by the Jefferson County Public Schools system They stress “mastery of basic skills”: reading arith Elementary School in Reston an “open space” school built in 1971 The sa”me thing was in New Ipswich NH and of American education in part the vocal complaints adcollege professors and missions officers that many Edge Va It was the launching-o- f Sputnik that triggered a 1957 on composition emphasis and spelling in many grammar in schools a change that reflects grips with reading problems” he said “In 1965 we had a lot that were dealing with the arts and things like that” Launching of Sputnik and its emphasis on theory are being left to junior and senior high schools in many communities Back to basics There is also an increasing In metic grammar English spelling and penmanship There are regular tests in all subjects and report cards with letter grades Similar schools are open or literature planned in California Maryland and North Carolina If nothing else said many educators they indicate a renewed awareness of achievement as a measure of educational progress 1965 Title III On June 30 was consolidated out of existence It has been combined with nutrition and drop out prevention programs in an extension of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act signed last year by President Ford During months of congressional debate at- tention had focused on provisions in the legislation dealing with school busing Reading back Changes in society “We have more programs now for example that are coming to The shift away from the innovative philosophy of recent lyears reflects larger changes in Isociety many educators said Blacks and other minority parents traditionally have stressed What makes our new Student Checking Account worth $ is? 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