Reply #57: Teachers truly are under fire in this nation and I'm trying to figure out when the shift started

[riderinthestorm]

Who began the meme that our nation's educational problems stem from the teachers?

It had to be a Rethug I'm thinking. Instead of addressing the fundamental issues for children from poverty, from crime-ridden areas, from foreign language speaking homes etc.etc., and how those issues impact their ability to be effective students, there's now a collective attack on the teachers. That would appear to be a Rethug viewpoint rather than a Dem POV who'd be cognizant of the underprivileged students instead of simply focusing on teachers as the bad actors in national performance slides. And what about educational policies? Who sets those? Not the teachers but yet they are blamed for these policies' failures.

It's just wrong on so many levels.

This appears (imho) to be independent of the union busting that's also another facet of this whole fiasco.

I really hate seeing the hate on DU and in the broader world for teachers. It's not fair. I have the utmost respect for all of you and I'm sorry to see this truly noble profession taken down.