Word: homeworks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rising tide of mediocrity" in public schools, the 36-page report by the N.C.E.E. is already into a third printing, with 81,000 copies distributed. It recommends a basic core curriculum for all high school students, stricter admission requirements for college, longer school days and years, more homework, and the recruiting and rewarding of better teachers. Echoing the Sputnik scare, the report concludes, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed...
...hours of academic instruction each day), or the school day or year should be longer. In England, many students spend eight hours a day, 220 days a year in high school; in the U.S., students typically face 180 six-hour days. The report also calls for "far more homework...
...planned for 192 days instead of the present 180 and seven hours a day instead of six. The Mississippi legislature has increased school aid by $69 million and is considering adding 20 days to the school calendar. New York City instituted a new policy this winter requiring nightly homework assignments. Last week the city's board of education chose Anthony Alvarado as the schools' new chancellor, partly because the innovative, ten-year administrator has turned around a local school district with a back-to-basics approach (and partly because his Hispanic heritage satisfied a fiery, racially politicized campaign...
...lyrics "No woman, no cry" filtered through the air, protesters inside the administration building slept ate, did homework, or simply talked about what they were doing...
...said that in order to alleviate school systems' "severe problems," administrators should design more demanding curricula, assign more homework, lengthen the school year, and upgrade faculty training and salaries...