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Julian Nava, a Mexican American, grew up in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 30s. Like all schoolchildren in Los Angeles in the 1930s, Julian Nava was given an IQ test as a young boy. The test would largely determine a student's course of study, not simply during the elementary years, but throughout his or her entire public school education.
In the PBS documentary, School: The Story of American Public Education, Julian and his older brother, Henry, were interviewed about what it was like to take the IQ test, and the effects the test had on their educational paths. View the video to the right, then consider the key question, above.
(video source: As American as Public School: 1900-1950 from "School: The Story of American Public Education" (Video: 55 minutes. Films for the Humanities & Sciences) 1994.
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 | Click on the image to watch a short video clip on Julian and Henry Nava. |
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