The public school systems curriculum is not preparing students for the real world. Students are fed a broad amount of knowledge in a short amount of time. All students are treated the same and expected to learn the same subject matter. Goldberg states, America s schools fail because they systematically suppress children s interests and values. Students are encouraged to travel down the same course of knowledge and they all end up with the same set of facts.
People like to say that diversity is our strength.
It is true diversity does make a population stronger and that is why we should have diversity in our knowledge. With charter schools the debate over what is taught in schools would end because parents would send their children to a school that shared their values. Parents could send their children to specialized charter schools that could include everything from aviation to agriculture, from science to religion. If students are interested in what they are learning then it is much easier for them to retain what they learn. Most public school systems in the United States are lacking local accountability.