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...Although the school's college placement record is impressive-77% of last year's senior class enrolled in four-year colleges- Barrett says the Friedman book's admonitions led to the decision this fall to "kick up the level of rigor" in the curriculum even more. "It becomes more apparent the deeper you get into the book that what we used to consider third world countries are now outdistancing us in terms of research and, more than anything, work ethic," he says. "I want our kids to realize they're not just competing with the kid next to them...
...public schools, originally designed to educate workers for agrarian life and industrial-age factories, make the necessary shifts? The Skills commission will argue that it's possible only if we add new depth and rigor to our curriculum and standardized exams, redeploy the dollars we spend on education, reshape the teaching force and reorganize who runs the schools. But without waiting for such a revolution, enterprising administrators around the country have begun to update their schools, often with ideas and support from local businesses. The state of Michigan, conceding that it can no longer count on the ailing auto industry...
...public schools, originally designed to educate workers for agrarian life and industrial-age factories, make the necessary shifts? The skills commission will argue that it's possible only if we add new depth and rigor to our curriculum and standardized exams, redeploy the dollars we spend on education, reshape the teaching force and reorganize who runs the schools. But without waiting for such a revolution, enterprising administrators around the country have begun to update their schools, often with ideas and support from local businesses. The state of Michigan, conceding that it can no longer count on the ailing auto industry...
Hemel’s intellectual rigor has not let up since coming to Harvard, according to Professor of Government Michael J. Hiscox...
...evenly between men and women. The Registrar’s Office culls the names of students with the highest GPA in each of three fields—humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Alpha Iota then picks exactly half of those students, based on two faculty recommendations and the rigor of their courses, and with an eye toward academic diversity. “If 25 percent of the class are natural science concentrators, then 25 percent of the 48 students will be from natural science fields,” said James F. Coakley ’68, the secretary...