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Information bulletin
No. 133 (April 20, 1948)
Political terrorism in Berlin, pp. 17-19
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(Continued from page 8) Curriculum Centers teachers throughout Wuerttemberg- Baden. German readers-teachers, school administrators, students, parents, in- terested laymen-are encouraged to study, to compare, to choose the best ideas, to become familiar with modern education trends and developments, and to apply all of this to their own schoolroom practice. Thus the or- dinary classroom teacher can play a part in the reorientation of German schools. The German teacher can learn to plan for himself without waiting for instructions from above, helping in the creation of a new and flexible curriculum, and perhaps assisting in the writing of a new textbook. Special efforts have been made to win the interest and coope ation of the personnel of the Ministry of Cul- ture inWuerttemberg-Baden, especially those concerned with the making of new curricula, or with the preparation of new textbooks. At the invitation of the Ministry, the director of the Stuttgart Curriculum Center will par- ticipate in the in-service training courses held regularly for German teachers at the Comburg, a castle near Schwaebisch Hall. He will acquaint the teachers with the services of the Curriculum Centers. Bi-weekly discussions of profes- sional topics are held regularly at the Stuttgart Curriculum Center for teachers and laymen. The Stuttgart Center recently mov- ed in with the American Information Library, where there will eventually be more room and more opportunity for service, but the Center will retain its close connection with the Educa- tion and Religious Affairs Division, OMGWB. An expanded program will be in operation shortly. A feature of this program will be an overt publication to be sent out to teachers and in- terested laymen. The journal will in- clude Military Government announce- ments, reprints from American mag- azines, educational news notes, con- tributions from progressive German teachers, and reviews of books and magazines articles. INFORMATION BULLETIN A group of editors Is greeted by Brig. Gen. William Hesketh upon arrival at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, on one leg of their tour of Germany. The group (left to right): Mr. Dowdal Davis, of the Kansas City Call; Gen. Hesketh; Mr. Thomas W. Young, of the Norfolk (Va.) Journal and Guide; Mr. Carter Wesley, of the Houston Defender, and Mr. Frank L. Stanley, of the Louisville Defender. (OMGUS PIO) School Reform in Hesse Outlined The day when advanced education was considered the special privilege of the socially and economically elite is past in Hesse, an MG spokesman said in a German-language program broadcast to the people of Hesse over Radio Frankfurt. "Education is the right of everyone to have, as far as his natural endow- ments will permit, and it is the right of everyone to help with the final choice of the kind of education that shall be provided," he declared. Speaking on behalf of the OMGH Education Division on an MG in- formational series, the commentator outlined the progress of school reform thus far in Hesse. He cited the decision to keep both pre-professional and other students together for six instead of four school years as "an additional opportunity to end unfor- tunate class lines in German society." A German speaker, described as a Hessian school teacher who had been a prisoner of war in America, dis- 18 closed that 300 Germans are working on school reform in Hesse. They have b)cen selected from among leaders in schools and universities, churches, labor organizations, political parties, and other groups interested in improv-H ing school conditions in the state. I Military Government assistance, it was disclosed during the broadcast, has been given in securing technical information on school problems,bring- ing experts over from the United States for consultation, and arranging for the exchange of students and edu- cators with the United States, Britain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Libraries- and money for the purchase of books have also been provided, while RM 2,000,000, specifically earmarked fof. school reform use, have been given to the Hessian Ministry of Education. The MG spokesman further des- closed that no tuition has been charged in any Hessian public school since 1 April, 1947, by decree of the Education Ministry. APRIL 20, 1948
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