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...social fabric!” and “Put the ‘Christ’ back in Christmas!”–I retreated back to my liberal core and assured myself that these creepy conservatives were just using Christmas to sidle religiosity into school curricula. Moreover, I decided, the article’s examples were likely just anomalies employed for effect—I was doubtful that the average public school goes to such silly measures in the name of political correctness...
...claimed that Conant “was not just silent” towards anti-Semitism, but “actively collaborated in it.” Norwood said Conant refused to hire many Jewish professors and insisted that Harvard maintain friendly ties with German universities, despite knowing their curricula had been modified to support Nazi beliefs...
Students also take two elective classes—the curricula of which are designed by the teachers themselves, Mead said. The subjects of this year’s electives included the chemistry of cake baking, sports literature, electing a president, natural disasters, and ethnic enclaves using Chinatown as a case study...
...only cater to the students, but to the needs of the teachers as well, Mead said. The program goes out of its way to hire high school and college students who are seriously considering teaching careers. By the time the teachers complete a full summer of designing and implementing curricula, they should have a much better sense of their career goals, Mead said...
...given week, he will attend steering committee meetings, consult with members of the Faculty, meet with Kirby and Wolcowitz, solicit students’ opinions in the Houses and read stacks of research about the curricula at peer institutions...