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...Analysis. ABA derives from the classic work of psychologist B.F. Skinner, who showed--mostly in animals--that behavior can be altered with carefully repeated drills and rewards. In 1987, Ivar Lovaas at UCLA published a small study with huge repercussions. He reported that 9 out of 19 autistic children taught for 40 hours a week with behaviorist methods had big jumps in IQ and were able to pass first grade; only 1 out of 40 in control groups did so. It was the first bright ray of hope in autism...
...foundational curriculum in the life, physical, and engineering sciences is to succeed, let it be because it is better conceived and better taught, not because any one part of it is unavoidable,” Kirby wrote...
...Petersen said he had reservations about the similarity of the proposed degree to a Harvard College degree. “It’s important to us that we preserve the integrity of a Harvard College degree, and it means that you’ve been taught by Harvard College professors with the Harvard College curriculum,” he said...
Students can earn an Extension School degree without ever being taught by Harvard College professors.*[CORRECTION APPENDED...
...Duane.” Meat graduated in 2001 from the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass. According to the school’s newspaper, the Green and Gray, “Meat has constantly been a high achiever.” In middle school in Minnesota, “he taught himself pre-algebra, as there were no teachers qualified to conduct the course themselves,” the paper wrote in 2001. “[T]here is no arguing the fact that [Berkshire] has prepared Meat to the fullest, and Harvard awaits him next fall...