Standardizing education is exactly the wrong approach in monopolistic system that already stifles innovation. School standards will achieve nothing without the active support of community members. This choice offers no specific ideas for improving what happens in the classroom. Citizens are not asking to manage schools, they are seeking answers and accountability from professionals paid to do this job. The best way to involve citizens in education is to give them a greater choice of schools for their children.
Kids spend most of their lives outside of school.
Schools can't fill all the educational gaps, especially those linked to poverty. Money isn't everything. Equity in school funding does not guarantee equity in student achievement. In reducing the role of public schools, this choice would not pursue the goal of providing a common school experience for children of all backgrounds. I n calling for the standardization of education, this choice would limit flexibility in teaching, slow innovation in curricula, and place more importance on tests.