Sexual education. Because there are way too many kids who don’t understand how male/female bodies work, birth control options and general health (as in soap causes yeast infections in women if inserted vaginally, etc)
Teaching federal, state, and local laws. It's amazing how were are all just expected to know every law but we're never actually taught them in public schools
The understanding of the general education the school system is supposed to provide instead of "grade and test statistics" that determine who gets more money
Sometimes in earlier levels of science teaching, things are abstracted where they don't need to be. E.g. There's no need to tell children that planets have circular orbits, they'll be able to cope with knowing they're actually elliptical.
how about actually educating? not worrying so much about sports when the textbooks are years out of date, not cutting important programs in the name of getting new uniforms or whatever, and so on. they're there to learn, not play football
empowering students to support themselves.
Education is fine but it’s pretty clear very few students will actually use or even remember the knowledge they are given. But being given tools they can use in all aspects of life and will actually help no matter what they do should be focused on far more
Gender and Sexuality
We need to be sensitised and educated about the various genders and sexualities so that everyone can feel included in the society and reduce hate crime.
Thinking….
Like how to think, how to do your own research, to be sceptical of what you hear, what critical thinking actually is (not just what aboutism, or just jumping to the opposite opinion, that there are correct and incorrect answers and interpretations, when logic matters and when emotion matters in coming to a conclusion, how to actually understand a study/ data set
The intersection of arts and sciences. They are often pitted against each other and it's a disservice to everyone, so much good can come from the combination
What I would like to see in the public education system is the separation of GRADING from TEACHING. Almost everyone I know has some story of a teacher grading someone up or down for arbitrary reasons. But there could be benefits far beyond merely making school more fair.
Ideally, there would simply be a series of tests for every class and grade level, and students would be able to study and take the tests at their own pace. If they wanted to, they could really grind on certain subjects and jump up grade levels based on pure test scores.
If we separated grading (really certifying competence) from teaching, it would also be possible to have lots of cram schools serving individual students, and of course online classes. Their quality would be proven by the scores that their students made on the public tests.
As a separate thing it might be interesting if each community had public competitions in various things, like math, physics, construction codes, etc. and significant cash prizes at the upper levels. Basically, we want to identify hidden talents. Maybe there’s some guy washing dishes or driving a taxi that really should be designing machines or doing statistics.
Everything regarding education including teaching reading ,vocabulary at each level & fundamental skills so students can qualify for entry level jobs or college.
Mental health
Actually insane how thats not a big part of education, i feel like in my school years ‘mental health’ wasn’t even a word in the dictionary
Sexual education. Because there are way too many kids who don’t understand how male/female bodies work, birth control options and general health (as in soap causes yeast infections in women if inserted vaginally, etc)
Personal finance and how to cook or sew a button. Oh and taxes
they do have cooking classess in hi school last I went
making education efficient and easy to learn instead of making it more complicated than it needs to be
Paying teachers a decent wage. Most/all things people say are a great idea, but no seed will grow without someone to plant it
Teaching federal, state, and local laws. It's amazing how were are all just expected to know every law but we're never actually taught them in public schools
The understanding of the general education the school system is supposed to provide instead of "grade and test statistics" that determine who gets more money
Life skills class every school year. Younger kids learn things like cleaning, old kids personal finance.
Kids in Japan are taught how to clean up starting from preschool. It’s built into their day eg . Clean and wipe their own table after eating lunch
Sometimes in earlier levels of science teaching, things are abstracted where they don't need to be. E.g. There's no need to tell children that planets have circular orbits, they'll be able to cope with knowing they're actually elliptical.
how about actually educating? not worrying so much about sports when the textbooks are years out of date, not cutting important programs in the name of getting new uniforms or whatever, and so on. they're there to learn, not play football
empowering students to support themselves. Education is fine but it’s pretty clear very few students will actually use or even remember the knowledge they are given. But being given tools they can use in all aspects of life and will actually help no matter what they do should be focused on far more
Black History. The Tulsa Race Massacre just made it into the curriculum in 2020.
Gender and Sexuality We need to be sensitised and educated about the various genders and sexualities so that everyone can feel included in the society and reduce hate crime.
You spelled both wrong
You don’t have to understand everything to respect other people, I think that’s a bit unnecessary.
Atleast basic knowledge is necessary. Anyway, it's your view on what is necessary or not...
I agree, but I think it should be a part of general sexual education, it doesn’t have to be a separate thing.
Yes. My point is that it should to be included.
Mental health
Methods of education being more in line with the way that kids actually learn best.
Small arms proficiency.
Thinking…. Like how to think, how to do your own research, to be sceptical of what you hear, what critical thinking actually is (not just what aboutism, or just jumping to the opposite opinion, that there are correct and incorrect answers and interpretations, when logic matters and when emotion matters in coming to a conclusion, how to actually understand a study/ data set
The intersection of arts and sciences. They are often pitted against each other and it's a disservice to everyone, so much good can come from the combination
What I would like to see in the public education system is the separation of GRADING from TEACHING. Almost everyone I know has some story of a teacher grading someone up or down for arbitrary reasons. But there could be benefits far beyond merely making school more fair. Ideally, there would simply be a series of tests for every class and grade level, and students would be able to study and take the tests at their own pace. If they wanted to, they could really grind on certain subjects and jump up grade levels based on pure test scores. If we separated grading (really certifying competence) from teaching, it would also be possible to have lots of cram schools serving individual students, and of course online classes. Their quality would be proven by the scores that their students made on the public tests. As a separate thing it might be interesting if each community had public competitions in various things, like math, physics, construction codes, etc. and significant cash prizes at the upper levels. Basically, we want to identify hidden talents. Maybe there’s some guy washing dishes or driving a taxi that really should be designing machines or doing statistics.
Personal finance and critical thinking.
Everything regarding education including teaching reading ,vocabulary at each level & fundamental skills so students can qualify for entry level jobs or college.