Geometry is the poor stepchild of the Math sequence continually being shorted in favor of more Algebra or Statistics.
If you look at a typical sequence nowadays its heavy on definitions/taxonomy, trig, analytic i.e. Cartesian geometry at the expense of classic Euclidean topics.
Example From the CC standards: (this curriculum will tend to do proofs during only parts of a few units for the entire year)
Units Includes Standard Clusters* Mathematical Practice
Standards
Unit 1
Congruence, Proof, and Constructions
Experiment with transformations in the plane.
Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.
Prove geometric theorems.
Make geometric constructions.
Unit 2
Similarity, Proof, and
Trigonometry
Understand similarity in terms of similarity
transformations.
Prove theorems involving similarity.
Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems
involving right triangles.
Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
Apply trigonometry to general triangles.
Unit 3
Extending to Three Dimensions
Explain volume formulas and use them to solve
problems.
Visualize the relation between two-dimensional
and three-dimensional objects.
Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
Unit 4
Connecting Algebra and Geometry through Coordinates
Use coordinates to prove simple geometric
theorems algebraically.
Translate between the geometric description and
the equation for a conic section.
Unit 5
Circles With and Without Coordinates
Understand and apply theorems about circles.
Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.
Translate between the geometric description and
the equation for a conic section.
Use coordinates to prove simple geometric
theorem algebraically.
Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
Unit 6
Applications of Probability
Understand independence and conditional
probability and use them to interpret data.
Use the rules of probability to compute
probabilities of compound events in a uniform
probability model.
Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decision
