The common thread has been the problems associated with a system too reliant on high-stakes national exams and centralized authority. On any day in Morocco a visitor should be able to step in any classroom and see students literally on the same page of the same textbook if the grade level and subject area are the same.
English classes this week seem to be studying healthy versus unhealthy foods. I think that this topic is impressive since it involves learning English in the context of a larger lesson on nutrition. In one English classroom students had written foods under titles of "healthy" and "unhealthy." In another school English students had made little posters about healthy eating and healthy living.
What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of a centralized national curriculum?
Its very interesting for all schools to have the same curriculum because it gives all students an equal chance to get an education. I think that this is good for the overall education of the country that they are taught equally.
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