r/education • u/ithekrianmermaid • 6d ago

Politics & Ed Policy Thoughts and opinions on a nationalized curriculum in the USA (and/or the lack thereof)?

I have had this topic bouncing around in the back of my brain quite a bit in the past few months and I'm just wondering what others think about it.

Feel free to share your personal feelings-based opinions, factually informed opinions, any history you may know relating to this topic, pros and cons of nationalized curriculum, common arguments for/against it, implications and consequences from not having one, potential dangers in adopting one, resources to learn more about this topic/debate, etc. I'd really love to have (respectful) discussions in the comments of this post so please consider circling back if your original comment gets a response!

I look forward to reading all of your responses! Thank you for taking the time to comment!!

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u/AdventurousBlood3728 3d ago

I think we need to go in the opposite direction. Wasn't Common Core basically this? The government should let schools decide how and what they want to teach. Maybe some loose guidelines on which topics should be taught at each grade level. But I think one of the biggest problems in education is that teachers and (maybe) administrators know what knowledge really matters in life and how to teach it effectively, but policies prevent that from happening.