Secondly, an official, federally sanctioned curriculum would facilitiate the dissemination of propaganda and other dogma which because of its biased and one-sided nature undermines the very purpose of true education: to enlighten. I can easily foresee the banning of certain text books ,programs ,and websites which provide information and perspectives that the government might wish to suppress-as some sort of threat to its authority and power.Althought this scenario might seem far-fetched,these sorts of concerns are being raised already at the state level.
Thirdly, the inflexible nature of a uniform national curriculum would preclude the inclusion of programs. courses, and materials that are primarily of regional or local signifcance.For example, California requires children at certain grade levels to learn about the history of particular ethnic groups who make up the states diverse population. A national curriculum might not allow for this feature, and Californias youngsters would be worse off as a result of their ignorance about the traditions,values,and cultural contributions of all the people whose citizenship they share.
finally, it seems to me that imposing a uniform national curriculum would serve to undermine the authority of parents over their own children , to even a greater extent than uniform state laws currently do . Admittedly ,laws requiring parents to ensure that their chiledren receive an education that meets certain minimum standards are well-justified,for the reasons mentioned earilier.However, when such standards are imposed by the state rather at the community level parents are left with far less power to particapate meaningfully in the decision-making process.This problem would only be exacerbated where decisions left exclusively to federal regulations.
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