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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2 RepliesThat's what common core tried, and failed utterly, the reason it failed was because it tried making everyone learn ONE way, I know because I was in junior high at the time they introduced it, so I experienced it firsthand, but I was forced to learn a way that just didn't work, and the teacher had to teach to the test, so I had to teach myself, luckily I'm amazing with numbers and was able to, but after that year I quickly hopped aboard the -blam!- no train to nope-vill (I entered AICE, if you know what that is, if not, think advanced classes that are only offered in certain schools, but since it originates in Britain it doesn't follow common core)