Negative and positive developments in the Latin curriculum in American public schools and developments in England are discussed. Declining enrollment trends, the emplementation of elementary school Latin classes in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, and diversification of the secondary school classics curriculum are some of the topics addressed.…

Classical Greek is taught as an elective to over 200 students in seven secondary schools of the School District of Philadelphia. In the past decade the restoration of Greek studies to the classical curriculum was called for, and in 1968 a Greek Curriculum Committee was established in Philadelphia to develop a program and instructional materials.…