Why do the national, state, and local goals influence the classroom?

Answer 1

The best I can figure is that each level wants to be sure that students are adequately prepared for life and education beyond secondary school. If there are unified national goals, then students have greater mobility when they graduate, or, say when they move from state-to-state.

Each state, of course, has goals that matter for it and not as much for other states. Perhaps the goal is to create community and cater to the future economic needs of that particular area--which is probably also the explanation for local goals.

If you didn't really mean "why," but rather "how," then we have a more involved question. The long and short of it I'd say is national and state standards are typically tied to testing and thereby funding. Local goals are not usually tied to tests, but they may involve funding, such as partnerships within the community.

Answer 2

Good question! I can tell you that they only influence my classroom when I am being observed, but then I teach emotionally disturbed students and people are just happy that my students are in my classroom with me and learning how to read, write, do math, and understand concepts of science. If I stuck to the programs that many in gov want, they too would rebel in my class. I have to teach different because my kids are different, and you know, I make no excuses for how I teach or why, my kids like my system, they learn (and actually have out scored other students in the district on state tests), and they all love coming to my classroom, which by the way, is the only classroom in their grade level that enforces a strict dresscode as well.

To allow government influence the classroom is to take away dreams, artistic reflections, and creativeness in the students and the teachers.

Oh, and by the way, I am getting ready to become an administrator soon........

Change is good!

Answer 3

Primarily because public education has proved to be a successful campaign whipping boy. Education used to be the last bastion of local control, but by throwing a few bucks at the school "problem" all levels of government (and all politicians running at all of those levels) now have a say because schools quickly become addicted to any funding source. Most of it is well-intentioned, but much is misguided. But that's how it has happened.

Be careful what you ask for. Most educators thought it was a recognition of our importance when a cabinet level Department of Education was created. What a slippery slope!

Answer 4

That is one of the objective of education "National Integration"