That was my title for an article which the American Thinker changed to "Public schools chew up teachers and spit them out."

Okay, that's colorful. But it misses the essential point that I want to emphasize. The Education Establishment, which should be very protective of its teachers, seems almost indifferent to them. Why? Does this make any sense?

The article points out all the statistics and complaints. There's no question that teachers feel exploited and abused.

 But how does this benefit the Education Establishment? Consider what happens when many teachers drop out after a few years. Obviously, a whole new group has to be trained. Who makes a living doing that? 

 There may be something bigger and more ghastly. If the Education Establishment is engaged in a "deliberate dumbing down of America," as Charlotte Iserbyt has claimed in her book of that title, it follows that the high-level officials would not mind chaos and inefficiency. Look at it from their point of view.

Bottom line, this article is for teachers, and is intended to help them understand why things are made so difficult for them. We will know that the Education Establishment is serious about improving education when teachers have a better professional life.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/american_public_sch...