1935 Feb. 137 (heading) ‘Shall there be a core curriculum in secondary schools?’: a symposium.
1953 Mar. 300 According to the views of some scientists, the professional educator is entirely too profligate in his coinage of high-flung phrases, such as ‘core curriculum’ and ‘societally significant’.
1986 7 June 16/5 The new core-curriculum currently under discussion has no place for RE.