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...turn, our views on education at the national level have informed our opinions on the issues that confront local Boston schools. In April, for instance, when Superintendent Carol R. Johnson announced a bold plan to revamp 12 underperforming schools, we initially considered her proposal to be counterproductive; It essentially requires teachers to work extra hours without extra pay. Of greater importance, however, we ultimately believe that following union demands to eliminate all the reform measures would fail to improve the quality of teaching in Boston. In the coming months, we urge the Boston public school system to focus instead...
...faced with the understandably daunting task of closing Utah’s large budget gap proposed making 12th grade optional in order to save the state around $60 million. Although we understand the magnitude of the financial pressures confronting Utah and other states, making the final year of high school nonobligatory sends the wrong message. It further devalues schooling in an age when public opinion has come to doubt the value of education qua education. Despite the necessity of budget cuts in a time of fiscal difficulty, the field of education should be protected at all costs...
With the many thousands of classes Harvard has to offer its wide-eyed incoming students fresh out of high school, a mandatory semester-long writing course may seem less than desirable...
...both struggled and strived to meet the needs of freshmen whose writing skills vary on an enormous spectrum. One of the major efforts to close such a gap between students has been the creation in 1985 of a separate expos class engineered for students coming from weaker secondary school writing backgrounds...
...weaker English teachers in high school,” she said. “[Sifuentes] was definitely one of the best teachers I’ve had this year...he really broke down writing style and techniques...