NEW YORK, NY March
07, 2007
—The city will introduce a new science curriculum this fall. The
program will be phased in, beginning with grades three, four and six at
a cost of $60 million over the next two years.REPORTER:
Seventeen-year-old Rafael Klein-Cloud goes to Brooklyn Tech, a school
lauded by Mayor Bloomberg as an example for other schools in science.
Klein-Cloud says he always excelled in the subject area because he was
encouraged to have a good time.KLEIN-CLOUD: My teacher was
pointing out that a lot of kids are afraid of science. It’s not like
something you can just read, there is a lot of memorization. If you get
exposed to it in real-life situations, you might get a different
experience and learn to love it.REPORTER: The city will also
spend $444 million to upgrade its labs. After the new curriculum is
introduced, science tests will be used to decide which children get
promoted to the next grade.