Word: curriculum
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...union restrictions, have typically been regarded as labs of innovation (though a recent Stanford University study makes the case that charter-school quality can range greatly, from great to not so great). Many charter principals have full control over the hiring and firing of teachers, full control of what curriculum they choose to teach on a daily and weekly basis, and full control over how long their school day should be - all the things that are typically dictated from a central office in a typical public school...
...Silverglate stressed the importance of reforming Harvard College’s Administrative Board, which he called “the worst” disciplinary body in the country. Freedman, who is more focused on the curriculum, argued that Harvard should implement an optional great books program in spite of the financial crisis...
...curriculum doesn’t teach the important stuff. In fact, to me, there’s no curriculum,” Freedman said. “I think [students] need grounding in the basics, and I don’t think they get it anymore...
These kinds of forecasts prompted Rich Gordon, director of digital innovation at Medill, to convince the Knight Foundation in 2007 to start funding the new curriculum. Recognizing that traditional news platforms are struggling to keep content relevant online, Gordon, the former new-media director for the Miami Herald Publishing Co., approached the problem a different way. "Instead of media organizations always playing catch-up, the objective should be for them to incorporate data in new and different ways from the very beginning," Gordon says, noting that, in addition to Digg, websites such as ProPublica, EveryBlock and PolitiFact have achieved this...
...sophomore in Eliot House, died suddenly on the morning of May 3. Friends said that she combined a love for athletics and academics during her time at Harvard. Hoping to attend medical school, the Pittsburgh, Pa. native studied neurobiology at the College, and worked to complete the pre-med curriculum. Outside of lab and lectures, Joo stayed involved in the medical community as a member of the Harvard Cancer Society, with which she regularly volunteered at Massachusetts General Hospital. But Joo’s other passion was rugby, the rough-and-tumble sport that her friends said she embraced...