I agree 100% with your previous two messages.

I have degrees from two European universities and one American one, and the European model is much fairer. IMO, the national curricula in the primary and secondary schools are a part of what makes it fairer. Americans don't like the idea of a national curriculum. But...


...oddly enough, this country has de facto national curricula in most subjects --- they're written by the big textbook manufacturers and the big testing testing companies (Pearson, the College Board and its AP exams, etc.). Yet people cling to the belief that there is "local control," presumably because their school board chooses Big EduCo Book A over Big EduCo Book B.

Oh dear.