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...abroad as an “integral part of college education” and lauded longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 for his $100 million donation to support international programs and the expansion of arts education. Hammonds also emphasized the need to link classroom learning with extracurricular activities in order to apply liberal learning to students’ daily lives. In the next four years, Hammonds said, the College will try to prepare the Class of 2012 to enter the real world. “Harvard will have achieved its goal if students can discover truths...
...center of his law school extracurricular involvement and legal career, often focusing on cases involving children...
...between the frequency of class meetings and quality of learning—whether classes held twice or three times weekly produce better academic experiences. Such a schedule shift might make for a longer day. Having classes extend as late as 5 p.m. could conflict with athletic practice times and extracurricular activities that traditionally take place later in the day. Athletic coaches and public service group leaders that the committee contacted agreed that academics were the top priority in future scheduling considerations. Still, all the initiatives discussed at yesterday’s meeting are tentative. Committee members promised to have more...
...schools in the district have been labeled those “identified for improvement,” meaning that the schools have not met the standards under No Child Left Behind. Administrators at these schools are less inclined to cut down on instructional time to make room for extracurricular programs, particularly since many students already participate in sports or academic-related after school activities...
...While Mayor E. Denise Simmons acknowledges that CityStep benefits Cambridge schools that already have strong academic and extracurricular programs, she does not recommend that the organization’s leaders completely redirect its focus to less privileged schools...