Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about the quality of our nation’s educational system. Test scores are lower. Enrollment in the sciences is not up to expectations. Our students are lagging behind students in other nations. Some schools are crumbling, while others have had their funding reduced or in some cases completely depleted, which means closing the classrooms earlier for summer vacation.

In addition, for whatever reason, teachers are being maligned for all the problems in the system. Johnny can’t read because the teacher has failed to identify the cause of his shortcoming and make the necessary corrections. Sally was not accepted at college because the curriculum devised by her counselor was not stringent enough. So let’s lay the blame for all our educational problems at the feet of the teachers.

Permit me to offer my take on this.

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