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For a long period, students have suffered from lack of a general curriculum applicable in both public and private learning institutions within the United States. The curricula intensely vary from one state to the other and also from one district to the other. It is a challenge to note that in the United States the “No Child Left Behind Act” is still active but has never been fully implemented in the education sector. For instance, there are private learning institutions where religious studies is a mandatory subject that all students must take part in while as in public institutions, it is optional and even in some it is not part of the curricula (Aydin, Ozfidan, & Carothers, 2017). For long, heated debates have been carried out in regards to standardization of the curricula and to what extent; but the challenge is that the issue has never been resolved. As a result, many students have continued to suffer. The more reason is that it is hard for a student to shift from public to a private learning institution and vice versa due to the difference.

According to Lei, (2019) research shows that some students who have wanted to join private schools could not since in private schools there are mandatory subjects that must be taken and the children in the public sector have never even been introduced to the the subjects. The issue has hence been perceived as being a source of disparity in the US education system. Some schools have better and high quality curricula that adequately prepare the students for the future while the other part only offers standard level curricula (Olsen, 2019). The greater challenge has been found after leaving school. Some students are able to seek opportunities in life with being adequately prepared while others remain at different level in feeling sufficiently prepared.

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References

Aydin, H., Ozfidan, B., & Carothers, D. (2017). Meeting the challenges of curriculum and instruction in school settings in the United States. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 8(3), 76-92.

Lei, S. A., & Lei, S. Y. (2019). General education curricula affecting satisfaction and retention of undergraduate students: A review of literature. Education, 139(4), 197-202.

Olsen, L. D. (2019). The conscripted curriculum and the reproduction of racial inequalities in contemporary US medical education. Journal of health and social behavior, 60(1), 55-68.