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| | Archived: XI. Springfield, Massachusetts |
 | | The largest vocational school, in Springfield, has a student population that is about 26 percent white, 32 percent African American, and 40 percent Hispanic, while one of the other large vocational programs, in Chicopee, has an almost entirely white student body. |
 | | The Springfield City Schools recently received a grant to support integration of vocational and academic curricula; in 1993-1994, the vocational school was conducting a pilot implementation of a plan to cluster students enrolled in a particular vocational program together in academic classes, where the curriculum could then be tailored to their occupational studies. |
 | | In Springfield, cumbersome city procurement procedures delayed delivery of Principles of Technology lab equipment well into the fall of 1993, forcing physics teachers to rely to a substantial extent on traditional lecture and demonstration methods, while teachers in other consortium districts were already actively engaged in the "lab coaching" methods associated with the CORD course. |
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