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I was just wondering why are the curriculum different in different school districts? Who decides or sets the academic content for a particular grade in a school district? Example: The content for an English class in Penn Hills School district is different than that at Hampton School district for the same grade.
The main reason is that Pennsylvania has a "bottom up" system that allows local districts wide latitude to design and implement curriculum.
Contrast that to Maryland where the MD State Department of Education issues a Voluntary State Curriculum for all subjects. The catch is that adopting them isn't "voluntary", although the better ranked school systems (which, unlike Pennsylvania are County based) have more leeway in how they're presented in class.
Until Nixon started federal "revenue sharing" with state and local governments in the 1970s, schools were all funded and run at the local level. A federally controlled curriculum wasn't attempted until Bush 2. No Child Left Behind is a disaster from what I understand and accounts for a lot of the brainwashability of the snowflakes. Teaching to pass the government test has consequences apparently.
Worse than that is textbooks. Though it's changing now with the advent of digital text, the board of education in Texas basically sets the curriculum for the rest of the country. The sheer voluminous number of books that they purchase means that the book publishers can't profitably afford to make other versions for other states. If they decide in their history books to whitewash slavery for example,most of the country's history books also do.
Worse than that is textbooks. Though it's changing now with the advent of digital text, the board of education in Texas basically sets the curriculum for the rest of the country. The sheer voluminous number of books that they purchase means that the book publishers can't profitably afford to make other versions for other states. If they decide in their history books to whitewash slavery for example,most of the country's history books also do.
Actually California has more throw weight when it comes to textbooks. If you think they have a rightward slant you need to look at some from the last 20 years.
The influence of states directly on textbooks has really been diminishing. The big players in textbook development now are Pearson Education as well as the Gates Foundation.
Actually California has more throw weight when it comes to textbooks. If you think they have a rightward slant you need to look at some from the last 20 years.
The influence of states directly on textbooks has really been diminishing. The big players in textbook development now are Pearson Education as well as the Gates Foundation.
*sigh* you do realize you are deflating the strategy of 'blame everything and everyone else' for the problems of some people? its just so much easier that way, knucklehead!
*sigh* you do realize you are deflating the strategy of 'blame everything and everyone else' for the problems of some people? its just so much easier that way, knucklehead!
Get over yourself. It easier to deny and accuse. Knucklehead
*sigh* you do realize you are deflating the strategy of 'blame everything and everyone else' for the problems of some people? its just so much easier that way, knucklehead!
Get over yourself. It easier to deny and accuse. Knucklehead
It’s easier to accuse than to take responsibility.
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