What courses or subjects should students learn in school to make them well educated and achieve the goals of public education? State what your goals are for public education. This K-12 and indicate what would be important if you made these decisions. After listening to my classmates in opinion pieces, readings, and class discussions, I feel that there are a number of courses/subjects that should be taught in schools to help develop well-rounded students. educated. These are just some of the topics and content if I were developing a public education curriculum. My goal would be for every high school graduate to leave high school with the tools and knowledge necessary to succeed as a functioning member of society. I would focus on skills. I think year-round school is a great way to ensure students are prepared for the real world, limiting “summer sneaks” and allowing more time for education. I would also add co-teaching to subjects such as Math and English, in addition to providing an assistant (licensed teachers/assistants, parent volunteers, older students) in courses such as Science, Language Skills life, foreign languages ​​and physical education/health. I think testing and assessment policies are based on the right idea, but are poorly implemented. I would like all standardized tests for grades K-8 to be the same across the country for each grade. If the student is not performing well or is not at the grade level they are currently in, they should not move on to the next grade in hopes of sending all students to high school at the same level of learning. I think standardized testing would be more beneficial if it was a progressive testing format (start with the basics and continue testing until the student gets a certain number of questions incorrect). The exam would show results of students' strengths and weaknesses, similar to the Smarter Balance test, but for more subjects. I also think that policies on school effectiveness should be adopted; schools and teachers should be evaluated based on several types of criteria, including class hours, programs (after-school programs, sports programs, homework help), building (accessibility, temperature, classroom layout, technology , office staff, communication between school and families, educational resources (books, physical equipment, computers), teachers (professionalism, communication between teachers and students and teachers and parents, enthusiasm, efficiency), peer evaluations, students and parents These policy changes would help improve schools and help students become..