No matter which city, county, or state you school is located in, should students be learning the same thing? For example, all 4th graders are learning about their state's history, all 7th graders are learning algebra, etc.
Why or why not?
EDIT: It appears that I didn't make my point clear enough. Honors, gifted, AP, etc, classes would still exist. If I'm taking Geometry I in my state, with standardized curriculum I would be learning the same material as a student in Geometry I in another state.
Honors Geometry I is a different class than Geometry I, so an advanced student would not be held back.
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4 RepliesI voted no mainly because students learn differently than other students. Saying otherwise is stubborn. A person who has a split home life and low income is not going to get the same help or encouragement as students who stay at one house, make a higher income with parents who can actually help them. With standardizing education you leave the radical ends of the learning spectrum either struggling to keep up, or wasting their time in a class that won't benefit them.