In "The Curriculum", the first textbook published on the subject, in 1918, John Franklin Bobbitt said that curriculum, as an idea, has its roots in the Latin word for race-course, explaining the curriculum as the course of deeds and experiences through which children become the adults they should be, for success in adult society.
Undoubtedly their must be a great amount of guidance, but the curriculum is cluttered with distractions. The board of education members who are organizing these schools, could use a few fresh ideas, or perhaps find a way back to the roots of learning. (perhaps by studying some of the great teachers and philosophers of the past??)
Living a healthy, motivated, respectful, attentive life is just as important as the classic school subjects, but may have more to do with good parenting.
Many students today simply don't want to learn, find it aggravating or boring. The change that needs to come does not exactly involve what it is that we teach, but rather, how we teach it.
There is not a more important issue in America than that of the intelligence of our country, so why not make sure we have it working the best that we can.
