Wow - talk about tapping into the victim mentality...
Nobody says teachers are responsible for “all of society’s problems”. It’s political correctness and ill-conceived initiatives like ‘No Child Left Behind’, ‘Race to the ‘Top’, and the most egregious - Common Core, that are killing good education.
And incidentally, I wonder if the rank-and-file teacher is aware that they’re being sold out by those pushing Common Core, their elected officials, and their union.
Teachers have little to no discretion to teach, and they’re given less and less flexibility to adjust material/methods to accommodate the gifted student or the somewhat slower learner.
NYS teachers were up in arms about CC, but were silenced by Governor Cuomo with illegal gag orders and threats of harsh discipline or unemployment. The stranglehold on NYC teachers is even greater.
News flash for America’s school districts: Hillary AIN’T your friend.
The teachers’ unions are the de facto owners of the Democratic Party; there is nothing done without their approval. Many teachers feared Common Core because it would expose the years of lies, telling every parent their child is an “A” student (FWIW, teachers oppose ANY gauge of their performance, and have a list of excuses when the inflated grades are revealed).