A New Study On The American Schooling System - 1202 Words

A famous quote once said, â€Å"Knowledge is power.† A new study shows that the American schooling system, when compared to other countries, such as China, that has parallel statuses, is lagging extremely behind regarding educational achievement; matter of fact, the United States ranks in the lowest quartile in such an assessment. Research, along with student exam scores, has also shown a substantial achievement gap between students of little and high economic states. So President Bush created No Child Left Behind, which deals with Common Core. However, Common Core is not effective because it’s too vigorous too early, not enough training to properly implement in the school districts, and all students are not the same. Common Core: two†¦show more content†¦Numerous court cases deal with Common Core, but there is this one that is in New Orleans that stuck out the most. It states that a child should be easily able to accomplish to the next grade without struggl ing. Students in elementary are getting college work, and not learning what they need to get to go to the next grade. Children in Kindergarten are learning how to multiply before they learn how to subtract or add. To some people, this sounds great, but is it? One should want his or her child to find out how to add before multiply because it goes hand and hand. The people that made Common Core made the parents believe that it is right for his or her child, however, the curriculum includes hard topics that are learned in higher grades. â€Å"Put a stop to Common Core before it does further damage to our children’s education.† (Haskins, State Discretion over Subject). There are parents around the world that want common core to stop because they are â€Å"complaining about the new Common Core-aligned Math and English curriculum their children are bringing home† (Toscano, The Common Core). Common core is not only stressing out the children, but it is also stressing out the parents that care about his or her child well-being. The teachers are not getting the proper training he or she needs to teach the children. With common core, teachers have to teach the child on multiple choice standpoint. â€Å"[M]any students came home