J Leslie Turriff wrote:
IMO the underlying problem (at least in the US) is the low pay provided in the education industry, which drives out those with good teaching skills. In the school I attended after moving to the US, math was taught by the athletics coach! I also wonder about the abilities of the people who set the curricula standards.
Well US ... the movie Idiocracy fits the best. In Austria the teachers are very well payed, but since the 80ies are indoctrinated to the left - especially the humanitarian subjects. The only rational thinking people in this country are technicians and nature science. The pay is not the only issue, although a major one. I agree with you here , but want to add that the whole society is responsible for this shift