The American education system has gone through many changes. 19th century, private schools only. 20th, education now mandatory. Important because history tells us what worked/didn’t work. The past of education can be helpful in showing us what works and what didn’t.
“College and career readiness,” is a popular phrase describing American school’s curriculums. College is important and can affect your entire life. If you’re not prepared for college, you won’t do well, which means you probably won’t have a good paying job, meaning your life won’t be nice. The quality of your life is essentially determined by your performance in the …show more content…
Things such as high school dropout rates are high, so something’s wrong. Everything is always changing, and America isn’t so great at keeping up. If school is so important to everyone, then it should at least work properly. What skills are students expected to have, in order for education to be more effective? Today, nearly every student is expected to have high technological literacy. Computers are used in some way in almost every job in the US. If an individual can’t use a computer, they’re unable to work. Students need to be taught technical literacy so they have what they need in order to succeed in