Marcia, that's right, blame the teachers. It is so easy for administrators to do. I have students who come to my class who have no follow through at home and know that classroom rules are easily usurped by a angry parent yelling at a principal who is too weak to standup and say that the rules are for the good of a class and for all.
Some administrators still jucge the teacher's competence by how neat the classroom is.
Students were very creative in their use of materials and were producing extraordinary results. But I keep trying.