Others say faculty members resent the report's recommendations because they believe it is their prerogative to make curriculum decisions.

He continued, "Federal influence will permeate everything from curriculum decisions to day-to-day classroom logistics and interactions."

He would have us believe that in progressive schools, teachers simply hand over curriculum decisions to students.

In this way, teachers themselves become more active; they come to view themselves as more than just recipients of school district policy and curriculum decisions.

If teachers are failing, then basic curriculum decisions must be taken from teaching staff.

As the year progressed, staff was hired, curriculum decisions were made, and the school was built.

"Our curriculum decisions are our own, and an organization like Disney plays no role at all."

Faculty members complained that curriculum decisions that had long been their prerogative would be taken away by the chancellor.

However, what students learn varies widely, because curriculum decisions are so decentralized.

Some state laws leave curriculum decisions to individual school districts.