JROTC to Roll Out Standards-Based Curriculum

By David J. Hoff

High school cadets will be marching to the tune of standards-based school initiatives beginning in the fall.

The Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps will unveil a new curriculum that is linked to voluntary national standards for what students should know and be able to do. JROTC officials believe the changes will give school administrators the opportunity to use courses from the program to fulfill graduation requirements set by state and local authorities.

"What we want to do is support whatever is important in that school or school district," said Donna M. Rice, the chief of operations, education, and training for the JROTC program, based at Fort...