Out at the Mountain View School in El Monte, the long brewing question in education is the conflict of the old-fashioned "Three R's" vs. the modern "integration" method. The conflict has broken out into a small war, with parents wanting the old method and the little pupils going on "strike" to keep the new idea. The photo shows a typical classroom under the new system, with pupils sitting around informally discussing the subjects with the teacher on January 9, 1942.
Mountain View School (El Monte, Calif.) Schools--California--El Monte Instructional systems--California--El Monte Learning El Monte (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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