Education: Report Card

¶ In the wake of the firing of County Health Officer Deborah Coggins for lunching with a Negro nurse in a white restaurant (TIME, Oct. 8), Florida's Jefferson County school board added its own unsavory sequel to the story: it ordered Fifth-Grade Teacher Flo Way to resign after she defended Dr. Coggins at a public meeting. But Teacher Way was carrying on as usual. "I feel I have the right to free speech." said she.

¶ Though the university's huge endowment had gone up another $36 million to $478,739,000 last year, the Harvard Corporation wanted to make it clear that prosperity—like...

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