Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Government Department's problem is self-perpetuating. A 1984 study of Harvard classes found that women underparticipated in every section in which they were a minority. As long as there is an imbalance of women in the department, the classroom concerns they face will continue to fester...
THERE are no simple solutions to the department's problems. The clearest answer is that women must be incorporated into the department at all levels--classroom discussions, teaching positions and curriculum...
...Three people stop by the classroom-turned-office. Staffers eagerly ask if they need an escort. But they don't--they are merely dropping by to see if a friend of theirs, a Saturday night regular, is working...
...doughnuts have been eaten. Umbrellas now drip in the classroom's corner as the vigil continues. A jar of instant Maxwell House coffee and a plastic teapot sit untouched on the floor...
...coordinator for the arboretum's programs for Boston-area students, says the work that schools do with the arboretum ranges from annual field trips to coordinated year-long programs. In the long-term programs, which the arboretum conducts mainly with local schools, Sylverson and other arboretum staffers visit the classroom and teach about the flora with which students later have contact...