Seventeen Middletown, Hamilton and Butler County teachers have been spending the past three weeks peeking into local industries and seeking ways of moving the schools closer to community life. The educators make up Miami University's second annual curriculum workshop on community resources. Daily sessions will be held until July 24. Last year a similar group met under Armco Steel Corporation's sponsorship and developed a handbook of community resources, which listed the places, persons available for school use. This year Middletown's Industrial Council joined several of Middletown's industries in setting up the program, and the seventeen teachers have all been awarded $100 scholarships. The group has been touring the industries, returning to Miami to discuss their findings, and then creating teaching aids which use community resources...

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