In this article, and the American Education book, it breaks the American education system down into specific goals, political economical, and social. Schools today are preparing Americas children for  well paid cutting edge jobs fueled by the current economic growth. School has changed to suit the economic needs of today’s computer run world. The core curriculum now consists of, computer applications, data analysis, and statistics.

            In common high schools a government or history class is required, to fit today’s modern political world.  They are teaching the children the things that are essential for today’s political world. With so much changing in this great nation they need to know what’s what and who’s who. Basically, the teachers today are teaching the new senators, and congressmen. The social factors that follow school are the students interacting with one another. This develops the students mentally and prepares them for their future roles in society, such as doctors or lawyers, and that sort of thing. Experiences that a child has in school, helps them in adulthood and prepares them to get out into the big world.