You've got people in these government and educational bureaucracies who are not involved with teachers on any broad scale making all the decisions. And these are decisions about programs that teachers will be involved with on a daily basis. But the everyday teacher hasn't the least clue and has been left out of the process. Teachers who will be dealing with the program day in and day out know what works best with students and what's practical. Someone who's not in the classroom may think something is perfectly okay, but when you try to put it into practice, it just doesn't fly.
Teachers are very isolated in schools.
There are lots of cutting-edge things that happen in industry. Teachers can learn about them in Newsweek, but it's not the same as being there. There are mentorships available for teachers to spend time working with businesses who are program partners. Karen Adams, a Riverbank High School math and history teacher and an Oakdale District Teachers Association member, spent several weeks in a mentorship program working for the Modesto City Parks and Recreation Department. She was paid for her time by project grant money.