They are stuck at the back of the bus, cringing at the battle going on up front for control of the wheel.
Reformers are clamoring for adoption of methods used in specialized boutique schools.
Traditional educators, hanging on for dear life, are clamoring that their methods are still working for the majority of school kids. The drumbeat is that if these schools can do it, all schools can. Teachers in traditional public school systems know otherwise, particularly as long as they are hamstrung by school administrators who are better at bean counting than leading faculty. Those of us who believe that American public schools are not living up to their potential need to face some hard facts. The boutique schools simply cannot be compared to traditional public schools.