Education: Model School

Few states in the Union spend less per child on education than Arkansas, but an Arkansas millionaire is determined to give the state one school system that will be the envy of the nation. Winthrop Rockefeller, who has lived in Arkansas since 1953, has offered the Morrilton school district an educational bonanza—enough money (about $2,500,000) to help the citizenry create a truly model school system. As chairman of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, Rockefeller "is interested in education as a means of improving the standard of living in Arkansas and attracting more industry to the state." Last week Morrilton was trying...