Word: classroom
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Steinberg, the author of Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do, said that the problems in American school systems stem from a lack of parental and community involvement, two elements which money cannot replace...
...said that schools must raise their standards for achievement and promotion, that students must be given the skills to take advantage of opportunities outside the classroom, and that educators must look outside the classroom for explanations for low-achievement...
...based on Clinton's expressed desire to put D.A.R.E. in every classroom in the nation and on his recently articulated plan to increase spending on already existing anti-drug programs, it does not seem as though any serious consideration is being paid to the efficacy of the programs. As long as spending money makes us feel better, the Clinton administration seems happy to spend away...
...intrigued by these incidences and the phenomenon that they exhibit. Is competitive drive a trait that inherently cannot be selectively applied? Is it impossible to rein in our classroom instincts? I do not believe so. Rather, Harvard students seem to have made a collective choice. We view it as safer to maintain a cut-throat edge at all times and so we have permanently locked ourselves into a defensive posture. Lowering our guard might mean certain death, or worse, a lower slot on the curve...
...college is a place where you're supposed to learn. It wasn't happening to me in the classroom. 'To teach' means 'to show.' 'To lecture' means 'to read.' It seemed to me that I was being read at, not taught," Lee says...