Everything around us is changing, why hasn’t schooling. Look at cars, look at phones they are constantly changing for the better and improving. Why is it that a classroom hasn’t changed for decades. The way a classroom has been taught the same way since 1905. The current way most classes are taught are outdated and need to be addressed. The reason schooling needs to change is because in its current state it forces kids to be the exact same as others to do well in school. There is a difference between schooling and educating students. Most schools are running through the same stuff every year and not improving the current education system.
The structure most schools now have been the same since 1905 when standardized testing was implemented …show more content…
Just because this way of teaching and grading works doesn't mean it's the best option. School teacher Sarah Myers said “Standardized testing is rough with grading because it forces every kid to learn at the same rate.” (Johnson). There’s not many ways around standardized test every kid in the U.S. has to take them and if you skip these test you will not be successful. Standardized testing isn’t the only problem. It's how the teachers teach, the way schooling is taught is simply passing on information with nothing behind it said by Professor of Education Dennis hayes “In the current climate, the true meaning of education has been lost. In its purest form, education is the simple means of passing knowledge and understanding on to a new generation.” (Hayes). Schools are less concerned with teaching kids how to make eternal goals external and more focused on passing the same information they have been teaching for …show more content…
hasn’t change because the average GPA hasn’t changed much since the 1990’s with only a .33 increase. Asia every year is seeing a higher gap in improvement because they are constantly changing and improving the core of education. This doesn’t mean the U.S. isn’t teaching correctly it just shows that the U.S. can improve their core of education.
There is also a problem with different schools and teachers teaching a subject differently or skipping lessons. This can be a problem because if a student switches schools in the middle of the year what they learned from their past school might be ahead or behind his or hers current
The structure most schools now have been the same since 1905 when standardized testing was implemented …show more content…
Just because this way of teaching and grading works doesn't mean it's the best option. School teacher Sarah Myers said “Standardized testing is rough with grading because it forces every kid to learn at the same rate.” (Johnson). There’s not many ways around standardized test every kid in the U.S. has to take them and if you skip these test you will not be successful. Standardized testing isn’t the only problem. It's how the teachers teach, the way schooling is taught is simply passing on information with nothing behind it said by Professor of Education Dennis hayes “In the current climate, the true meaning of education has been lost. In its purest form, education is the simple means of passing knowledge and understanding on to a new generation.” (Hayes). Schools are less concerned with teaching kids how to make eternal goals external and more focused on passing the same information they have been teaching for …show more content…
hasn’t change because the average GPA hasn’t changed much since the 1990’s with only a .33 increase. Asia every year is seeing a higher gap in improvement because they are constantly changing and improving the core of education. This doesn’t mean the U.S. isn’t teaching correctly it just shows that the U.S. can improve their core of education.
There is also a problem with different schools and teachers teaching a subject differently or skipping lessons. This can be a problem because if a student switches schools in the middle of the year what they learned from their past school might be ahead or behind his or hers current