Benefits Of Common Core Standards

I propose that the national curriculum is revised to meet the needs of the students by enhancing the skills that they possess to prepare them for a career and education that they can thrive using early assessment testing, more elective options, and a switch from a broad focus to orienting students towards their future career paths.
The function of the democratic government is to provide for its citizens. Public education is one of the essential services that our government provides. However, the new common core standards are an example of governmental failure. Common core standards are an attempt to have every student in the US compete against the best and the brightest students from other countries. These standards are causing students extreme
By providing strict standards that need to be followed from grades K-12 there is little room for students to learn what they want. These strict standards come from lengthy drafts filled with vague wording. Stating that “students, parents, and teachers all on the same page and working together toward shared goals” (Common Core State Standards) is a massive assumption. People are individuals with a wide variety of ethics and morals that can greatly differ the perceptions of the same thing. Not all students have the same goals, some would prefer to learn a trade skill like welding or plumbing while some want to pursue a law degree. These goals do not require the same style of education nor the same timeline. Why force a student to learn information that would fail to aid them in their career path. Teaching these students what they want to learn will help them retain the information as they will have an interest in the information. However, teaching what students “need” to know is even being hindered by common core, despite their statement that the core concepts give teachers the time they need to teach (Common Core State Standards). A first-hand account from Lakeview High School Spanish teacher Mark Swinning counters this claim, “on top of all of the standards that are being pushed by the state, I might not be able to get my Spanish 3 students out of the Spanish 2 book” (Swinning). Putting students a year
With “almost 40 percent of parents say[ing] their high-schooler is experiencing a lot of stress from school,” ("School Stress Takes A Toll On Health, Teens And Parents Say", 2017) the stress that comes from the harsh standards can even be observed by those not directly experiencing them. Watching helplessly as their child falls apart, the mental toll harms parents as well. Raising a child to watch them suffer is not the intended order of life. When 600 to 800 parents have to cope with the suicide of their child, how can one not see the need for change? How much harm can meeting the needs and wants of students cause? Making education more career oriented will not dumb down our student body, but will make them specialists in their field. While some may argue that job fluidity (the ability to leave one job and move to another) will decrease with specialization, students will not want to change out of a field that they choose to focus their education