Getting our kids on top of the world…in academics that is! Studies have shown that are kids are average of falling below. Our country is lacking of a coherent curriculum for our students. The problem is deciding what is best for our kids to learn. You would think we would learn anything from looking at those countries whose children are excelling in their academics far better than ours!?
In other countries, they have higher, specific National Standards. They don’t let every school decide for themselves what is best for their students! Many teach from a textbook. These books come from a market-driven society. There is no telling which ones offer the best lessons until tested and may not be the best for every group of students.
They also focus on fewer topics in-depth. If you are covering a topic in Math, like fractions and you are only spending a week on the subject chances are there are a few kids who will not understand. Practice makes perfect right? When going in depth on a topic it gives the slower students time to gain that understanding.
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