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High-stakes testing mostly on sort of very basic levels of math and english that is sort of outside of literature but just these sort of basic skills is keeping us from learning any of the kind of integrated historical, social scientific knowledge in the broadest sense. >> well the testing culture is as highly politicized as the textbook culture is. we have moved away from listening to teachers and listening to experts from our colleges and universities about what kids need when they graduate right? what do they need to be successful in colleges and jobs? that's where the emphasis needs to be....

Do i really have to stay in that sentence as it is in the textbook? >> no, you don't have to. but some schools have the luxury to have resources, have curriculum specialists and other folks to review instructional materials and help develop a curriculum that would be able to address and fix the problems that the state board of education inserts into the curriculum standards. other districts are very small, and so you're kind of given this, students will be tested on the curriculum standards adopted at the state level, so teachers are put in a very difficult position. many, many teachers do thi...