What classes or subjects should students learn in school to become well educated and achieve the goals of public education? Say what your public education goals are. This K-12 and indicates what would be important if you made those decisions. After listening to my classmates in editorials, readings, and class discussions, I feel that there are a number of classes/subjects that should be taught in schools to help develop well-educated students. These are just some of the topics and their content if you were developing a public education curriculum. My goal would be for every high school graduate to walk away from high school with the tools and knowledge to succeed as a functioning member of society. I would like to put an emphasis on skills: I think year-round school is a great way to ensure students are prepared for the real world, limiting "summer craftiness" and providing more time for education. I would also add co-teaching in subjects like math and English, as well as providing an aide (licensed teachers/assistants, parent volunteers, older students) in classes like science, life skills, foreign language, and physical education/health. I think the testing and evaluation policies have the right idea, but are poorly implemented. I would like all standardized exams in K-8 to be the same nationwide for each grade. If the student does not pass or reach the grade level he or she is currently attending, he or she should not move on to the next grade in hopes of sending all students to high school with the same level of learning. I believe standardized testing would be more beneficial if it were a progressive testing format (start with the basics and continue testing until the student gets a certain number of incorrect questions). The exam would show results of students' strengths and weaknesses, similar to the Smarter Balance test, but for more subjects. I also think that school effectiveness policies should be implemented; both schools and teachers should be evaluated based on multiple types of criteria including school hours, programs (after-school programs, sports programs, homework help), building (accessibility, temperature, classroom setup, technology, office staff, communication between school and families, educational resources (books, physical equipment, computers), teachers (professionalism, communication between teachers and students and between teachers and parents, enthusiasm, effectiveness), peer evaluations, students and parents. These policy changes would help improve schools and help students become