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Sample Student Schedules ……………………11  \nCourse Descriptions …………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nEnglish ………………………………………………  \n………………………………………………13  \nSocial Studies: History, Geography, and Civics…………………………19  \nMathematics…………………………………………………………  \n………………………………………25  \n………………………………………31  \nScience………………………………………………………………………  \nForeign Language…………………………………  \n………………………………………37  \nFine Arts…………………………………  \n……………………………………………………41  \nPhysical Education/Health………………………………………………………………………45  \n…………………………………………49  \nAcknowledgments………………………………………………………  \nSchool Profiles  \nA. Philip Randolph Campus(New York, New York)………………………16  \nCAL High School(Latimer, lowa)……………………………………………………………22  \nJames A.Garfield High School(Los Angeles, California)……………28  \nShawnee Mission South High School (Shawnee Mission, Kansas) 34  \nPortland High School(Portland, Maine)………………………………………………39  \nXavier Prep School(New Orleans, Louisiana)……………………………………43  \nWayland High School (Wayland, Massachusetts)……………………………46  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nThe provision of universal secondary education has been a signalaccomplishment in American history,a remarkable demonstration ofour determination to make schooling an instrument of democracy,in-dividual opportunity,and social mobility.That other countries nowemulate many of its features and contours does nothing to alter theuniquely American quality of our system of high schools —itsdemocratic assumptions and the universality of its aims.Our schoolsare not designed to serve class or hierarchy or privilege,and Ameri-cans do not want them to do so.Our high schools are,in the bestsense,a common enterprise,one in which we put great hope and muchconfidence.  \nWe now enroll more than 12 million students in grades 9 through  \n12,better than 90 percent of our 14-to 17-year-old population.No othercountry's system of education serves so many students for so manyyears and for such diverse ends.Even by the standards of most otherindustrialized nations,American education is more comprehensive,more prolonged,and more democratic.  \nBut,too often,it is also less rigorous and less productive.It neednot be.  \n# High School Curricula:Where We Stand\n\nHigh school curricula have been a continuous focus of the educa-tion reform movement inspired in part by the April 1983 publicationof A Nation At Risk,the celebrated report of the National Commissionon Excellence in Education.That report expressed alarm at the markeddeterioration of academic study in our secondary schools:  \nSecondary school curricula have been homogenized,diluted,and diffused to the point that they no longer have a centralpurpose.In effect,we have a cafeteria-style curriculum inwhich the appetizers and desserts can easily be mistakenfor the main courses  \nThe Commission's inquiry revealed that a full quarter of credits re-ceived by“general track”high school students were for physical andhealth education,work experience outside the school,remedial mathand English,and“personal service and development”courses.Suchcourses and exper","cbCaigOo9Jnn9yOy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigOo9Jnn9yOy","pdf",2835764,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n# High School Curricula: Where We Stand\n# James Madison High School\n# A Four-Year Plan\n# Course Descriptions","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the document identify with U.S. high school curricula?\",\"answer\":\"It describes secondary curricula as homogenized and diluted, lacking a central purpose and expanding non-core credits at the expense of core academics.\"},{\"question\":\"What strengthening recommendation is presented for basic academic subjects?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends increasing course requirements in core subjects, concluding that students should complete at least four years of English and three years each of social studies, mathematics, and science.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document propose to structure the James Madison High School curriculum?\",\"answer\":\"It presents an academically rigorous core curriculum based on specified year requirements across major subjects and adds additional time for foreign language and physical education, plus content guidance for art and music.\"}]","JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL - A Curriculum For American Students | PDF",1790690495,151]