Considering National Education Standards
Some say national standards will provide an excellent education for all students. Others fear it is the first step to federal control.
24 March 2010
High school students Cara Smock, left, and Allison Hubble of Michigan have to meet new standards to graduate in 2011. File photo.
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Americans are considering national education standards recently developed by teachers and other education experts. The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers led the effort.
The United States, unlike other nations, has never had the same school standards across the country. The reason? Education is not discussed in the Constitution. That document limits the responsibilities of the federal government. Other responsibilities, like education, fall to the individual states.
Local control of education probably was a good idea two hundred years ago. People stayed in the same place and schools knew what students needed to learn. But today, people move to different cities. And some people work at jobs that did not exist even twenty years ago.
Many American educators say that getting a good education should not depend on where you live. They say that some states have lowered their standards in order to increase student scores on tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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