A call for President Obama to change course on education

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16. Something that people aren't talking about...

...is the misguided focus on processing skills. Kids essentially spend the majority of their time in K-6 focusing on reading phonics and comprehension skills and math low-level skills. Where did content knowledge go? What about the sciences (social and otherwise)? Guidance and instruction in creative thought? Problem solving?


People who brush off the issue of misguided education reform will REGRET it decades from now. Think about what makes America great - innovation, creativity, new ideas. These are things many global competitors observe in the US and attempt to emulate. Yet, we force standardization, standardization, standardization on our children. How can we expect them to carry the torch of innovative thought if we don't give them opportunities to take part in these thought processes?