A High School Reunion in Chicago Brings a Meeting of the Minds

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1、AHighSchoolReunioninChicagoBringsaMeetingoftheMindsThisweekonourprogram,comealongtoahighschoolreunioninIllinois.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AwarmsunshinesonScammonGardenontheSouthSideofChicago.Undertheshelterofatent,acrowdisgatheredforajazzbrunch.Themenandwomenenjoythefood,themusicandthememories

2、astheytalkaboutoldschooldays.Someofthemhavenotseeneachotherinfiftyyears.FormerstudentsatUniversityofChicagoLaboratoryHighSchoolTheeventispartofareunionoftheUniversityofChicagoLaboratoryHighSchool.PeoplecallitU-HighorLab.Thislabwascreatedforexperimentswitheducation.VOICETWO:TheUnivers

3、ityofChicagorecentlyinvitedalumnitoaspecialweekendwhereseveralU-Highclassesheldreunions.Theseincludedtheclassofnineteenfifty-seven.Aboutfortyoftheonehundredorsograduatesattendedthereunion.Somecamewiththeirhusbandsandwives.Theformerclassmatesarenowintheiruppersixties.Someareretired.Ot

4、hersarestillworking.Therearelawyers,professors,writers,socialworkers,scientists,economistsandbusinesspeople.Butonthisbrightafternoon,theirthoughtsreturntoatimewhensomuchoftheirliveswasstillahead.GingerSpiegelLanesaysthereisfeelingintheairofbeingteenagersagain.Thefeelingissostrong,she

5、canalmosttouchit.Yetsomethingisdifferent.Shenoticesthatherformerclassmatesnowtalkmuchmoreopenlythantheywouldhaveasyoungpeople.VOICEONE:Someintheclassoffifty-sevengrewuptogether.TheykneweachotheraschildrenwhentheyattendedotherUniversityofChicagolaboratoryschools.Somealsowentontoattend

6、theuniversity.Therearefourlaboratoryschools.TheseareindependentcollegepreparatoryschoolsoperatedbytheUniversityofChicago.JohnDeweyestablishedthefirstlaboratoryschoolsatChicagoineighteenninety-six.Hewasaleadingeducationaltheorist.Heimaginedaplacewherefutureteacherscouldworkwithyoungst

7、udentsandtestprogressivewaysofteaching.Deweyknewthateducatorstraditionallyplacedthemostimportanceonmemorizingandrepeatinginformation.Inhislaboratoryschools,Deweythoughtthatthechildshouldbethemostimportantthing.VOICETWO:Intermsofbeingsociallyprogressive,theChicagolaboratoryschoolshave

8、broughttoget