J. Clarke wrote:

Uh, you might want to actually get drunk with a few teachers sometime
before you blame them. They have to do what they can with what
they've got and what they've got these days isn't much (and I'm not
talking about the kids, I'm talking about the rules they are required
to work under). Wanna fix education, first shoot all the professors
of education and all the school boards.

John Silber, former president of Boston College, was asked what one thing
could be done to improve the quality of education in America. He answered:
"Abolish colleges of education."