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...quality of public education in the United States, on average, is lackluster. Though math and science scores are up nationwide, study after study still finds that students in U.S. schools underperform compared to students in many other developed countries. Teachers’ poor classroom performance is thought to be a major cause of this education gap, and President Obama has wisely identified teachers’ pay scale as a main determinant of teacher quality. Currently, teachers’ compensation is largely based on their seniority. After teachers gain tenure at a school, their salary steadily increases over time, and they...
...itself. “It’s the most valuable learning experience I’ve had and I think I ever will have in any part of my academic life. There are some things that really can’t be taught in the classroom,” he says...
...that it may grow too large. “What you don’t want is a program that gets bigger and bigger and shifts away from faculty,” said Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson. “You want to maintain face in the classroom.” Fourteen departments are now looking to appoint College Fellows to teach three classes over the course of their one-year stint. The College Fellows program is already providing an alternative to replacing retiring professors with new ladder faculty. The Psychology, Anthropology, Government, History of Science, Sociology...
...fishing club. But you could rise through the ranks to become president of that fly-fishing club, and “attended church” looks funny on your resume. This is why it is critical that Harvard students get the chance to engage with religion inside the classroom as well as beyond. Otherwise, faith runs the risk of becoming just like Memorial Church—something that’s clearly there at Harvard but most students are too busy to look into...
While this small self-promoting joke may seem harmless, it is an example of the kind of sentiment all too commonly expressed at Harvard. Depressingly, this type of proverbial back-patting makes it past ceremonious occasions like Commencement, filtering into the daily life of the classroom. It is these locutions that are largely responsible for the oft-complained of arrogance of Harvard students...