OR I very much appreciate Peggy's comments.
New learners enter continuously to fill classes where enrollment has dropped due to attrition.
This is an extremely difficult situation and teachers who were trained to work in k-12 classes are ill equipped to deal with it. Typically they just smile as if I were joking. Perhaps that is because one must experience it to understand it, and most policy makers lack that experience. Yes, implementation of WIA, accountability, EFF etc. are important, but serious reform must start at the classroom and must involve teachers. I have thoughts about the elevated history of CBAE in California.