EatTheRich
President
Pretend you’re given plenary powers to redesign a curriculum for American K-12 public education. Pretend everything else would be unchanged, or change the rules and explain in your notes. What would you like to see students learn in school? If you believe in local variation, local control, or treating different students differently, let us know. I do not have any expertise in pedagogy. Do you? Regardless, what would a typical student’s schedule look like in your school?
A suggestion:
Kindergarten
1 Deportment
2 Physical Education
3 Health
4 Music Appreciation
1st Grade
1 Arithmetic
2 Reading
3 Physical Education
4 Home Economics
5 Feminist Theory
6 Critical Race Theory
7 Biology
2nd Grade
1 Arithmetic
2 Reading
3 Writing
4 Home Economics
5 Physical Education
6 Art Appreciation
7 World Cultures
3rd Grade
1 Ecology
2 Community Service
3 Ancient History
4 Arithmetic
5 Computer Science
6 Research Methods
7 Physical Education
4th Grade
1 Logic
2 Sex Education
3 World Cultures
4 Current Events
5 Physical Education
6 Arithmetic
7 American Literature
5th Grade
1 Current Events
2 Urban History
3 Physical Education
4 Foreign language (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, or local indigenous or introduced language)
5 Health
6 Feminist Theory
7 Geometry
6th Grade
1 Home Economics
2 Physical Education
3 Modern History
4 Current Events
5 Biology
6 Chemistry
7 Music Theory
7th Grade
1 Civics
2 Health
3 Deportment
4 Physical Education
5 Political Science
6 Algebra
7 Art Technique
8th Grade
1 Computer Science
2 Research Methods
3 Foreign Language Elective
4 Ecology
5 Algebra
6 Physical Education
7 Physics
9th Grade
1 Foreign Language Elective
2 Consumer Education
3 Political Science
4 Physical Education
5 Critical Race Theory
6 Black History
7 Algebra
10th Grade
1 World Cultures
2 History Elective (Rural or Southern History)
3 Community Service
4 Trigonometry
5 Computer Science
6 Logic
7 Foreign Language Elective
11th Grade
1 Women’s History
2 Ecology
3 Chemistry
4 Biology
5 Calculus
6 Foreign Language Elective
7 World Literature
12th Grade
1 Literature Elective
2 World History
3 Calculus
4 Physics
5 Feminist Theory
6 Native American History
7 Elective
A suggestion:
Kindergarten
1 Deportment
2 Physical Education
3 Health
4 Music Appreciation
1st Grade
1 Arithmetic
2 Reading
3 Physical Education
4 Home Economics
5 Feminist Theory
6 Critical Race Theory
7 Biology
2nd Grade
1 Arithmetic
2 Reading
3 Writing
4 Home Economics
5 Physical Education
6 Art Appreciation
7 World Cultures
3rd Grade
1 Ecology
2 Community Service
3 Ancient History
4 Arithmetic
5 Computer Science
6 Research Methods
7 Physical Education
4th Grade
1 Logic
2 Sex Education
3 World Cultures
4 Current Events
5 Physical Education
6 Arithmetic
7 American Literature
5th Grade
1 Current Events
2 Urban History
3 Physical Education
4 Foreign language (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, or local indigenous or introduced language)
5 Health
6 Feminist Theory
7 Geometry
6th Grade
1 Home Economics
2 Physical Education
3 Modern History
4 Current Events
5 Biology
6 Chemistry
7 Music Theory
7th Grade
1 Civics
2 Health
3 Deportment
4 Physical Education
5 Political Science
6 Algebra
7 Art Technique
8th Grade
1 Computer Science
2 Research Methods
3 Foreign Language Elective
4 Ecology
5 Algebra
6 Physical Education
7 Physics
9th Grade
1 Foreign Language Elective
2 Consumer Education
3 Political Science
4 Physical Education
5 Critical Race Theory
6 Black History
7 Algebra
10th Grade
1 World Cultures
2 History Elective (Rural or Southern History)
3 Community Service
4 Trigonometry
5 Computer Science
6 Logic
7 Foreign Language Elective
11th Grade
1 Women’s History
2 Ecology
3 Chemistry
4 Biology
5 Calculus
6 Foreign Language Elective
7 World Literature
12th Grade
1 Literature Elective
2 World History
3 Calculus
4 Physics
5 Feminist Theory
6 Native American History
7 Elective