*shrug*
Everyone has an opinion. However, it is a fact, not an opinion, that a large percentage of schools do not teach phonics and do not teach and require mastery of arithmetic skills. This results in myriads of students who can't read or do basic, much less advanced, math.
Classroom teachers really can't be blamed for this - the curriculum comes from a much higher level (and this is part of the problem, of course), where people like Bill Ayers are "educational theorists."
Classroom teachers really can’t be blamed for this -
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Well....Teachers claim to be professionals, then they should act like professionals.
For example, if a hospital demanded that anesthesiologists use defective equipment pr techniques that was known to injure or kill patients, the anesthesiologists would flat out refuse to administer anesthesia and all surgery would come to complete halt.
If teachers know ( or should know) that certain math and reading programs hurt or injure children, if they were professionals, they would flat out **refuse** to use those methods.