Why don’t more high schools teach philosophy, business, religion, ethics, or political science?
All high schools struggle to offer a well-rounded curriculum. Often our high schools have to teach reading and basic math to catch kids up who lack basic skills from elementary and middle school, which has distracted them from a more rigorous college preparatory curriculum. That is not an excuse. We have to do a better job of helping kids catch up and providing a well-rounded curriculum. One assignment I would give parents and teens is to ask their school district how they allocate rigorous course work. How many AP courses are offered at the elite public schools and how many are offered at inner-city schools? I’ve asked that question in my own community and it is pretty telling. This is part of parental engagement, to demand that school boards stop rationing rigor in our high schools. What can be done to prevent students from cutting class? Students often end up leaving school because they are bored to death. They aren’t finding anything interesting, relevant, engaging, or they are
