Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this: "There is no scientific dispute that evolution has occurred and continues to occur; this is why evolution is regarded as a scientific fact." But another section asserts, "It is a scientific fact that organisms have evolved through time." The board advises teachers not to suppress part of the curriculum "on the grounds that it may be contrary to an individual's beliefs" nor to demean people who reject evolution "on the basis of religious faith." The guidelines say the ultimate cause of the cosmos is not appropriate for science courses but may be treated in history or English classes...
Takaki, who heads the graduate ethnic studies program at Berkeley, said university curriculums underrepresent ethnic diversity. "We want to see our literature, our history and our culture in our curriculum," Takaki said...
...child does poorly in a first school experience, "that failure is very hard to eradicate. You want a child's first experience in learning to be satisfying." He thinks kindergartens should de-emphasize early exposure to the ABCs and concentrate on what he calls an "emotional competence curriculum," meaning one that teaches children such social skills as how to share and how to deal with their feelings...
...three measures make up the second phase of a review of the Core Curriculum, which was created...
...attorney James Rafferty said the school will file counter-claims and seek damages because the suit is depriving it of potential revenue. The school cannot expand its curriculum while Brooks' suit is under consideration...