The Leftist Teachers will never regain respect from Parents
One of the dynamics at work here is that schools are increasingly funded by working Americans who will never have children - and are serving non-American student bodies. NJ is expanding its “free breakfast” program to more schools, so in many districts American taxpayers can provide TWO meals per day to imported student bodies. NYC even expanded the free lunch program to include summers.
The people paying for these programs increasingly are distinct and separate from the beneficiaries.