text: how come there's no geography being tought in the u.s. educational system?   good question.  i think alot of it has to do with the standardized tests that are focused mostly on math and language arts.  in the school where i teach, the 5th grade teachers have to choose whether they are going to teach science or social studies on a day-to-day basis.  we've become fixated on bringing up test scores in math and reading (thanks to no child left behind), that the rest of it has to take a back seat.