K-12 Curriculum Development

http://tinyurl.com/m92vd5
The Huffington Post
June 15, 2009

Jim Rex, the South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, wrote the article above. 

He wrote, "States decide how these standards are taught in the classroom and how students are tested to measure their progress. The result is that there are 50 different sets of standards across the nation, and a student who moves from North Carolina to South Carolina may face a very different set of requirements. On top of that, America's crazy quilt of standards may not be comparable with standards in the countries we're competing against for high-quality jobs."


My Thoughts:
As states have implemented the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, much of the focus has been on accountability.  Students deserve to have a high quality education which prepares them for college and the workforce.  It is unethical for a student to receive a K-12 educational (public school) experience which is dramatically different because of school assignment, teacher assignment, the availability of educational resources or the state the student resides in.