Word: curriculum
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Once again, undergraduates are faced with the frustrating task of fulfilling Core curriculum requirements. Once again, the number of Cores is disappointingly...
...down courses is antithetical to the University's standard of excellence. The lack of choice can force students to take easier Core courses instead of more advanced ones in the same field. We recall the words of President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, the founder of the Core curriculum. He believed that "Harvard students should graduate knowing a little bit of everything and something well." Limiting the scope of the Core curriculum is clearly not fulfilling his vision...
Mount Sinai is one of 30 corporations, including Target in Minneapolis, Minn., and Agilent Technologies in Santa Rosa, Calif., to have a work-site school on its premises. The medical center provides three portables and maintenance of the space, while Dade County provides the teachers, books and curriculum. In the end, overcrowding is alleviated for the school district, while the company gains lower absenteeism and turnover rates among employees who utilize the school. American Bankers Insurance Group in Miami found that among employee-parents, its school reduced absenteeism 25% and lowered its turnover rate from 16% to 4.5%. Dade County...
...Each spring, students at Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Denton, Texas, trade their normal curriculum for an eight-week crash course known as "TAAS Camp." There, students who ace a day of drills spend the late afternoon playing computer and board games. The stragglers get one-on-one tutoring. The pressure peaks at test time. Says Sarah Telaneus, 11: "All of a sudden your heart starts pounding and you're thinking, ?I might go blank.'" Not to worry: she and her classmates turned in scores high enough to put their teachers in line for bonuses...
...systems across the U.S. to implement antibullying programs, which have proved effective in other countries. In Massachusetts, the Executive Office of Public Safety has set aside $1 million in federal money to help schools identify potential bullies and aid their victims. Beginning this fall, teachers statewide will use a curriculum created at Wellesley College that tackles bullying as early as kindergarten. Administrators at Liberty Middle School in Ashland, Va., started a similar program last year. Each week teachers meet with a group of 14 students and perform activities designed to promote interpersonal skills. Administrators have also created zero-tolerance disciplinary...