More responsibility should be put on the number of students in the system, irresponsible parents, and the psyche that teachers are responsible to teach morals and other parental topics to our children. Of course, it s only my opinion, but another massive contributor to the problem is our legal system. The court system has put the fear of lawsuits into all aspects of the educational system. School districts are handcuffed, or think they are handcuffed, from dealing with and weeding out disruptive students. They are constantly in fear of parents that have no business being parents.
Districts are hesitant to weed out principals that contribute to the loss of good teachers.
Principals that treat teachers as peons and not as professionals. Administrators that think they are running a manufacturing plant and demand that teachers produce a good product. Finally, districts hold on to marginal teachers because of the shortage that is due to all of the above, because of the fear of lawsuits. We need to return prayer to our schools, disciplinary tactics that work and most important of all, we need to respect all educators. Administrators and especially teachers deserve and should demand our respect.