The crap comes from above, not the teachers. Think about this: Principles and county level administrators advance by achieving goals set by the feds and state legislatures. Those goals are most easily met by changing grading and testing standards so that more kids graduate, whether they meet standards are not. Creative grading is forced upon the teachers. Teachers want to teach, administrators want their advancement points. While training in industry typically succeeds in improving the technical skills of the workforce, teacher training is largely used to set new standards and techniques which are designed to meet the numbers, not necessarily improve the learning environment. Oh, they will always claim that research has shown that these new techniques can teacher faster and deeper.
Your grievances with teachers as the bane of education is largely misplaced. Teachers cannot buck the rules because they will be black-balled statewide, loosing their source of income. Where does that happen in industry? Industry does not have such a hold on their workforce.
If you want to solve the educational failures in our Nation, aim higher.
‘Teachers are not unionized in my state.’
irrelevant to my point...
‘Teachers have no recourse but to follow mandates from the administration.’
and this differs from the workplace at large exactly how...?
‘The crap comes from above’
as it does everywhere...
‘Your grievances with teachers as the bane of education is largely misplaced’
my gripes result from teachers who walk off the job and expect me to dig into my pocket to bail them out...teachers who do not do this are not included in my griping...
‘Industry does not have such a hold on their workforce.’
are you joking...? Industry fires numerous people every year for not following rules...