Should the school curriculum in one state be the same in the other 49 states?

Question

For example what is learned in New Jersey during 6th grade is learned in New Hampshire at 8th grade.

Answer 1

I am not sure your statement re: New Jersey and New Hampshire is at all accurate. In fact, I know it is not!! You are obviously moving from a specific example (which is lacking in your statement) to a generality, which, of course, is faulty to begin with, as I am sure you well know.

The curriculum as developed by local districts according to individual state requirements is perfectly fine, and under no conditions should we have a national curriculum. That reeks of indoctrination, and it is necessary that students in various parts of the country learn some things indigenous to where they live. For example, students in Alaska may need to know some things that students in Hawaii do not and vice versa.

As far as reading, writing, and mathematics is concerned, all schools teach basically the same content. Whether some is done in grade two as opposed to grade three is moot. The local school districts and states know best what is best for their students and when to include whatever the needs may be into the curriculum

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

I guess as long as everyone is learning the same thing at some point wether its later or sooner is good enough but if one were to move from one state to another then thats where problems of that situation would occur, so maybe for the sake of that we should learn certain curriculums at the same time