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...substantial degree of local autonomy and control over schools’ curricula is one of the great strengths of the American public education system. It is thus unreasonable for Massachusetts to oblige all its students to pass one test. The school board’s decision will not only be the quickest way to demonstrate opposition and necessitate change in the punitive state law; it also demonstrates that, under a reasonable framework, school districts should be able to establish their own graduation guidelines to best benefit their students...
...Machines Mourn the Passing of People,” for instance, a poem that inevitably calls to memory (and was perhaps inspired by) that staple of high school English curricula, Ray Bradbury’s short story “There will come Soft Rains,” Stallings assumes the voices of machines that have outlived their human masters to reflect on some of humanity’s quirks from the perspective of an outsider...
...taking students that no one else will take,” Monro told U.S. News and World Reports after his first year at Miles. “And we’re designing programs for the whole spread of students—remedial programs, reinforcement programs, enrichment programs, special curricula in black history, black culture, black problems...
...Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals scip.org can recommend consultants or training programs specific to your business needs. If you're looking to send an employee for training, several business schools have begun to add intelligence courses to their curricula, including Simmons College in Boston; Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; Thunderbird in Glendale, Ariz.; and Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. A few leading consultancies specialize in specific industries or intelligence skills...
Fifty years later, Sal and Dean are still on the road and still fresh in the minds of America’s youth. It may seem paradoxical that Jack Kerouac’s On the Road has become such a staple of American high school curricula. Never before has the cultural symbolism of the American road trip faced such serious threats of becoming obsolete. Today’s youth can cross the nation in seconds online, or can catch a high-speed train or airplane for little more than the cost of filling an SUV with a couple tanks...