Our country's educational system has lost a gem with the recent death of Johns Hopkins University professor Julian Stanley.* Our country's educational system has lost a gem with the recent death of Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. professor Julian Stanley Julian Cecil Stanley (1918–August 12, 2005) was a psychologist, an educator, and an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children. He founded the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), as well as a related research project, the Study of . For much of his life, he stood like a rock against the wayward currents of the educational establishment. While PC-driven school systems were fretting fret·ting n. A hole, or worn or polished spot made on metals by abrasion or erosion. over the self-esteem of their students, dumbing down their curricula, and celebrating mediocrity me·di·oc·ri·ty n. pl. me·di·oc·ri·ties 1. The state or quality of being mediocre. 2. Mediocre ability, achievement, or performance. 3. One that displays mediocre qualities. , Stanley stuck up for academic excellence by tirelessly researching, advocating, and overseeing programs for intellectually gifted children. He was not afraid to acknowledge and encourage the beautiful and extraordinary talents that set some people apart from others. Julian Stanley himself was a man apart. R.I.P. |
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