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Should the public school's curriculum be upgraded in order to keep up with the hiring standards of companies

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  1. I wouldn't uprade public school curriculum according to the needs of the companies, I would upgrade public school curriculum according to the needs of the children.

    A great book on this subject is Dumbing us Down.  Children is school are being trained to be workers for companies, not independent thinkers and entreprenuers.

    I find it very sad.


  2. Agreed, and that is long overdue.

    Although the academic decline has been going on for several decades, and is not a recent phenomena.

    So even though I agree with you in principle, I do not believe that simply changing, or upgrading a school curriculum is the solution either.

    The school system  as we know it today is so steeped in their status quo that it would take an act of God to get any real change to take place.

    Doing so would only throw more good money into a black hole (education system), and the return would be minimal at best.

    However every time you listen to the powers that be, money is the answer to it all.

    If that was so we would have the best educational system in the world, but as we all know we do not, as is supported by the statistics given to you by a previous poster.

    I am glad to see that more people see that it is time for a change, and are thinking about, as well as looking for alternatives that provide more choices, and opportunities.

    We; here in the US, have many young people who feel great about themselves, have a high "self esteem", but are deficient in academics, and lack practical skills after graduating high school.

    Most often the greatest deficiency is in reading, comprehension, math and proper communication skills.

    Sadly; when people cannot read well, or comprehend what they are reading, any skill requiring reading at a higher level will also be  substandard.

    One of many solutions for America's youth, and their future, is for schools to provide the educational services that students require, and for companies to greatly increase apprenticeship programs; add a lot of on the job training programs to fill in the gabs in the area's where the school system has dropped the ball.

    Another option would be for companies to take an active role in, and promote the refocusing of our high schools curriculum's to include more skilled job courses that will directly relate to what the student would like to do after high school.

    An added benefit would be that more students may choose to stay in school if their studies had a purpose, and would lead to actual career or job prospects.

    Freedom of choice in both education, and the workforce would not be limited by this, just the opposite; by providing people with skills that fit their needs, abilities, and interests, as well as those that are actually in demand we may not see so many college graduates working in fields that are not even close to what their degrees are in, or end up in the service industry because their degree does not translate into anything useful on the outside.

  3. You are talking about children here, not machines... I believe give them only a basic education and then let the company pay for what they want their employee to excel in. Why put the tax payer to pay for the company?

  4. The curriculum need to be updated no doubt. They need to remove the lies from the text books. Little things like human embryos have gill slits (proven wrong in the early 1900's) that make evolution sound like fact need to be removed. Computer sciences need to be stressed more simply because computers are such a big part of our world. I could go on and on about updates that need to be made.

  5. Say Leo, do you know the difference between home-schooling and public schooling?

    And do you understand how the different categories are arranged here in Yahoo! questions?

    Seems to me that you need to learn some things yourself before undertaking to be a critic of education.

  6. Statistics:

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    The National Association of Manufacturers 2001 members' survey asked employers about the most serious skill deficiencies of current hourly production employees. They found that:

        * 59.1% of employers stated poor basic employability skills (attendance, timeliness, work ethic, etc.);

        * 32.4% poor reading/writing skills;

        * 26.2% inadequate math skills;

        * 25.0% an inability to communicate;

        * 23.7% poor English language skills;

        * 22.1% an inability to read and translate drawings/diagrams/flow charts;

        * 22.0% an inability to work in a team environment; and

        * 12.3% poor computer/technical skills.

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    If you search on "public school remedial training" you will find all kinds of anecdotal information and hard statistics on this.

    Bottom line seems to be that many employers have to train high school graduates in basic skills such as reading and writing!

    I'm not so sure that "upgrading curriculum" is the answer but it sure seems like something needs to be "upgraded."

  7. I don't know. it SOUNDS like a good idea, but I have one problem with it. Schools were created in America as a way to educate the masses on being good worker bees. By focusing curriculum on the needs of companies,  you are narrowing down the academic aspect once again to provide training rather than education.

    As another poster mentioned, schools should serve the needs of the children. I think elementary should follow the classical method, teaching the basics, and then middle school and high school should be more like college. It should provide some leeway for children to follow their interests (not only academic but also life skills, why have schools cut back on those skills?), while requiring some specific requirements (ie basic english, science, math, etc) Children learn much more in an interest-based environment, and they can follow a pathway that suites them. They will be much more prepared for the world after high school. It's more work, but a better investment for the money.

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