Prince Edward Schools Experiment in Education 

Prince Edward Schools Experiment in Education 

Creator Jet Magazine
Description This brief article from the October 3, 1963 issue of Jet Magazine, explains about the newly reopened Prince Edward County’s free public schools “experiment in education.” The article states that: The school system will have an estimated 1,700 negro pupils and four whites, will have two elementary schools, an intermediate and a high school, but no grades. ‘Children will be grouped according to age, size, and mental ability’…’and will be given the opportunity to progress at their own speed.’
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Date from 1963
Date to 1963
Geographic school Prince Edward County, VA
Size 1 article
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URL http://www.worldcat.org/title/jet/oclc/34163826&referer=brief_results
Repository OCLC World Cat
Repository address http://www.worldcat.org/
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Subjects o    African American students

o    African Americans–Civil rights

o    African American–Segregation

o    High school students

o    Middle school students

o    Public schools

o    Race relations

o    School children

o    School closings

o    School integration

o    School integration–Massive resistance movement

o    Public schools–Virginia–Prince Edward County

o    African Americans–Education–Virginia–Prince Edward County

Types o    Press releases

o    Reports

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