Education Reform In The United States

Education Reform

Education is one thing nearly all countries have in common. The reform of educational systems has taken place in many other parts in the world, although, the United States hasn’t made any changes. Throughout the world, schools are using more modern approaches to teaching and schooling, but the United States, not so much. The United States should reform their outdated educational system.

The United States is ranked relatively low in the world, which is due to the many problems in the education system. Finland is ranked 1st for many significant reasons. The main cause of Finland’s prosperity is from less standardized testing and less homework. According to an article from Business Insider, “Extra work is often deemed unnecessary by

For instance, “The United States has great public schools and great teachers, lots of them”(Rutkowski). 83.2% of people in the U.S. graduate from high school. This percent is very high and shows how successful these students are.

The U.S. may have many public schools, but they aren’t necessarily the best. These schools are all about standardized testing and sometimes there is an abundant amount of it. Students should not be forced to take tests, but rather learn and grow as people outside of school.

This country's schooling is not meeting the needs of children, let alone their parents. Children are being assessed and compared to others that are in the same age group. This provides a small bit of information about how the student is developing academically. Also, teachers are being forced to overload these students because of the testing and course assessments that are required by law. The overload of work outside of school stems from the inability to complete tasks during school hours. Children and teens are cramming in work and they don’t retain it for the reason that there is too much to do in such a slight amount of