1967 Press Photo Orleans Parish School Board language-arts program at McDonough

Most people though Effie was retarded. In fourth grade, she couldn't read or write or do arithmetic. She wouldn't talk. Even her IQ indicated that she was below average. After a year in Orleans Parish School Board's experimental language-arts program and lots of warmth and attention, Effie, like a once-straggly sunflower, is blossoming. Second grade participation in the language-arts program at McDonough 10 read, see, hear a story as their smiling teacher Mrs. Lucianne Bakshis, manipulates the tape recorder.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.