A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer.
The speaker would prefer a national curriculum for all children up until college instead of allowing schools in different regions the freedom to decide on their own curricula. I agree insofar as some common core curriculum would serve useful purposes for any nation .At the same time , however , individual states and communities should have some freedom to augment any such curriculum as they see fit; otherwise, a nations educational system might defeat its own purposes in the long term.
A national curriculum would be beneficial to a nation in a number of respects .First of all, by providing all children with fundamental skills and knowledge, a common core curriculum memebers of society. In addition, a common core curriculum would provide a predictable foundation upon which college administrators and faculty could more easily build curricula and select course materials for freshmen that are neither below nor above their level of educaitonal experience.Finally, a core curriculum would ensure that all school-children are taught core values upon which any democratic society depaends to thrive, and even survive-values such as tolerance of others with different viewpoints ,and respect for others.
However, a common curriculum that is also an exdusive one would pose certain problems, which might outweight the benefits, noted above, First of all, on what basis would certain likelihood these decisions would be in the hands of federal legislators and regulators, who are likely to have theis own quirky notions of what should and should not be taught to children-notions that may or may not reflect those of most communities , schools, or parents.Besides,government officials are notoriously susceptible to influence-pedding by lobbyists who do not have the best interests of societys children in mind.
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