Education: Report Card

¶ Enrollments have reached an alltime high in both Protestant and Catholic elementary schools, according to a survey made by the National Council of the Churches of Christ. In 15 years, enrollments in the nation's 3,000 Protestant schools have jumped 61% to 186,000; Catholic enrollments are up 35% to more than 3,000,000. Leading Protestant group: the Missouri Lutheran Synod, with 1,164 schools and 95,474 students. ¶A red-faced Los Angeles school administration reported that it would cost the city $1,389.50 to correct the misspelling (langauge for language) on the school system's new report cards. Cried the L. A. Examiner: "What's...

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