Word: curriculums
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Into the state education code, said the commission, should go a stiff three-R curriculum. For the first grade: reading taught by phonics, writing with spelling (now often delayed until third grade), arithmetic emphasizing basic principles. Science and foreign languages should begin no later than sixth grade. From elementary grades on, statewide tests should check on each school's progress. To jolt high schools, state-run colleges should report on freshmen performances-and school boards should publish the results...
Giant Half Step. Geared to college-bound students, Wayland has a Trumplike curriculum. The typical student will spend 10% of his time in seminars, 80% in the conventional classroom, 10% in large lecture-discussions. With team teaching and an adviser for every 20 students, each student will be encouraged to go as far as he can in each field. A bright youngster may pick up broad principles in group discussions, carry them further in seminars, use the "resource areas" to dig in on his own, and wind up with advanced standing in college...
This effusiveness, however, might not have been fully justified by the curriculum offered. The most popular course was Physical Training. In an era of prim Victorianism and sublimated libidinal longings, the sight of such exercise aroused a certain amount of comment. The Boston Herald, in its August 9th issue of 1903, raised its staid eyebrows at some of the activities going on in Hemenway Gymnasium...
...Cuban senoras and caballeros. Secondly, financial backing for the delegation had to be obtained; a post-haste fund appeal netted over $71,000 to meet tuition and board costs. A special educational program for the visitors had to be arranged, including sufficient numbers of Spanish-speaking interpreters. A curriculum of English language instruction, American history (described in the catalogue as "early struggles of the people to form and to preserve the republic,--thus showing the Cuban teachers many of the great problems that now confront their own country"), and two elective courses, filled the six-week period...
...make it work smoothly takes plenty of careful planning. Pitt is busily revising its curriculum for trimester students, is splitting up courses traditionally tied together on a two-semester basis, e.g., Trig 1, Trig 2. To the horror of the students, exams have been squeezed into the regular schedule of each semester, instead of being allotted a week of their own. Pitt is also working on state agencies to revise the professional requirements for graduates. A law student at Pitt, for example, could finish law school in two years, but the Pennsylvania State Board of Bar Examiners has required three...