The curriculum that the typical American public school teacher teaches to is set in near–stone by the local school board and the local state education departmen

The curriculum that the typical American public school teacher teaches to is set in near–stone by the local school board and the local state education department. In turn that curriculum has to meet certain dates and targets for the myriad tests that students have to endure which are set by state and Federal education departments. The notion that teachers have much flexibility to inject or promote their own subjects does not reflect the reality in most classrooms.