The Atlantic attempts to explain why teachers are blamed for all of the ills of the education system here in the United States:

The focus on testing to evaluate teachers, then, is not based on a rational look at the research. Instead, one could argue, it’s based on the logic of the moral panic, and the created identity of teachers.

More:

If we want to improve schools, one of the quickest ways is to reduce turnover; skilled veteran teachers may be schools’ most valuable resources.

My favorite part:

It means treating teachers as professionals to rely on, rather than as suspects to be policed.

A man can dream.