Development of the Core Curriculum in the Senior High School

Abstract

A RAPIDLY GROWING trend toward the adoption of some form of core curriculum in the secondary school, particularly at the junior high school level, has been evident in recent years. In the upper grades or senior high school the core idea has been forging ahead, but more slowly. So pronounced has been the attention given to the development of core in the junior high school that some observers have superficially concluded that core was designed for, and appropriate to, the early years of the secondary school only.