Civic · 6 pages · 12 min
Why curriculum fights are about authority
Fights over what schools teach are fights over who has the power to decide.
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From the opening
A public curriculum is the official account of what a school system says it will teach, set by someone with legal power to set it. A fight about a book or a standard is often a fight about which institution holds that power, not only a disagreement about the facts inside the lesson. The opening covers state standards bound local courses, boards adopt official materials, and teachers work inside a delegation.
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Inside
- State standards bound local courses
- Boards adopt official materials
- Teachers work inside a delegation
- Procedure decides who may challenge
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- State curriculum standards
- Local control of public schools