Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This year members of Waterloo's black community were riled by the story, and expressed their feelings two weeks ago by marching 30-odd strong into the startled teacher's classroom and announcing they would not leave until she was fired. Mrs. Hayes was given the day off, and later agreed with school officials that she should be temporarily relieved of her duties. The black protesters accepted this and left school...
...York State alone. Job security has become a basic issue. But some educators argue that Shanker's civil-service approach does no service to the children. Rules of seniority protect incompetents and make it hard for administrators to replace them with teachers who favor classroom innovations. "Shanker's an educational embarrassment," says one young white teacher in Harlem. "He wants what was-a school system that's as bureaucratic as the local post office, except that everyone in it has a Ph.D...
Central to Arica's classroom work is a repertoire of exercises similar to the Audicon Plantar and loosely based on Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslim Sufism and Tibetan Lamaism. Exercises called "Mentations" require the student to "concentrate your attention into each separate section" of the body for a prescribed time: 8 minutes 40 seconds for the colon and kidneys, 10 minutes 45 seconds for the liver, and so on. "Active in the World" calls for lying motionless, forearms supported on elbows, palms facing the feet, while feeling "the tissues of your body actively engaged in the dance of Life...
...system works this way: after a conventional freshman year, a student alternates a semester of classroom learning with a semester of work related to his studies. A chemistry major may work as a laboratory technician, for example, a business major as a salesman, or a mathematics major as a computer programmer. Called "cooperative education" (or "co-op") because it enlists the participation of 1,600 Boston-area employers, the Northeastern system requires five years for a degree. But enthusiasts say that it makes college more "relevant" by offering students a practical goal for their studies, gives them a head start...
SEGAL TOOK his relationship with the classroom for granted. He felt that, Love Story notwithstanding, his primary commitment would go unquestioned. He was still there, wasn't he? He was doing the same things, wasn't he (even if four or five photographers were always shooting it from the balcony)? Even Erich Segal wasn't as media-sophisitcated as he could've been. He badly needed a term's leave to adjust...