William Glasser presents many intriguing educational ideas in his article "The Quality School Curriculum." Dr. Glasser suggests that to produce better educated students, schools should use a “A quality curriculum that makes students active participants in the learning process. Dr. Glasser begins by arguing about the various "problems" existing in today's curriculum. Current curricula for today's educators are inadequate and encourage memorization more than application. Grades, Glasser argues, dispel coercion from non-working students and rebellion. Negative responses received from students are often misinterpreted by teachers as a fault in their teaching. Quality curriculums are expected to learn a lot of temporary, inapplicable information in hopes of achieving high scores on standardized tests. Dr. Glasser calls this information “throwaway” information. This “throwaway” information can include excessive dates, formulas, and minute biological information. When a student is asked for this unnecessary information, cheating and apathy usually results. A student expected to memorize worthless information will often turn to cheating in order to avoid spending time memorizing useless facts. Dr. Glasser suggests a different approach to testing by suggesting open-note tests and written responses. The demonstration and application of the information to be learned must be explained in depth. A student should be encouraged to question the program at any time to ask how the information provided might be useful. This ...... middle of paper ......m” prepares the student to understand and demonstrate a topic through the use of various materials, it does not guarantee the ability to retrieve information from memory . Dr. Glasser's tests and testing methods are also very unrealistic. A student tested with open-note and open-book tests might not have to contribute in class. If a student were to receive all the information for a test at the time of the test, why should they study beforehand? Additionally, the amount a student could be tested on would be small. Teachers should take several tests throughout the year to cover all material. “The quality curriculum” and the current curriculum are both flawed in their own ways. The two programs present different ideas for creating well-educated members of society. The decision on whether educators use the program should be subject to careful consideration and careful evaluation..