Your comment really resonates with me. I've been very involved with a few schools and many teachers. I've presented classes to students. I've become friends with teachers. Sadly, the more I see, the less I like. You are absolutely right when you say that the classrooms aren't there for the students' best interests. One of the links below says "It’s a betrayal of our children and of our country’s future.".

To quote one particularly honest teacher, "your child is a slow processor and extremely gifted. He's F*. The education system doesn't cater for children like yours". She (like me) has an autistic child. I wasn't cross with her at all. In fact, I deeply respected her honesty.

My other child is very active. If you've done any reading, you will know that many modern teachers do not like active children. These kids are energetic, they ask too many questions, they are disruptive, won't sit down for long periods and no matter how much they're punished, they just won't shut up. My child has been marginalised by three teachers. I confronted the worst offender who broke down and cried when I told her how my child had responded to her bullying. She admitted it and in her own words "grossly mismanaged the situation". Yet, I respect her honesty (she's one of the few who would admit to it). My active child undulates between an A grade student a C grade student depending on the compatibility with the teacher. However, my child has said that he's getting tired of the sexism from the teachers and I expect it to start impacting the effort he puts in.

The education system has become more sexist than it ever was in my lifetime. World University Rankings show that girls, only in recent years, are 30% more likely to graduate than boys, and that's expected to grow much larger. Nobody is asking WHY the drastic change! How many times have you heard someone like the New York Times say flippant comments like "boys suddenly think education is girly" or "boys suddenly are thick as two planks" as an attempt to explain a radical shift in performance by gender? We also hear manipulative terms like "girls _outclass_ the boys". If it were the other way around, it would be called "discrimination", "marginalisation", or a "sausage club" (to quote an Australian Education rep in the Daily Telegraph - below).
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucas-figures-gende...

I have included a link to one of the few excellent articles on Australia's prejudiced education system. They interviewed a representative from Australia’s school curriculum - a top science professor, Michelle Simmons, who condemned the Australian education system for totally failing students,

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/feminising-educa...

Australia has ramped up its gender bias in education significantly in recent years. The result, according to the article is...

"In less than 20 years, Australia has fallen from the fourth in the world for reading to 13th, according to an OECD report. We were once sixth for maths, but now we’re 19th."

You will see almost the same downward trend in the UK and the US (who we copied for their gendered education policies).

Compound this with denials from quite a few media publications that there's anything wrong,
http://ideas.time.com/2013/03/21/the-boy-crisis-is-it-fictio...
http://womensenews.org/2006/03/boy-crisis-in-education-nothi...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40535485?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...

And a host of others. I can't tell you how many times i've seen extreme sexism in classrooms (eg. comparing leaders. Female: Sheryl Sandberg and Hillary Clinton; Male: Adolph Hitler and Donald Trump. I wish I was joking).

The education system is letting our kids down badly. The significant swing away from boys attending university would strongly imply that it's not just inadequate study areas, but also sexism. I've all but lost faith in the education system, yet, I still contribute at my school as much as I can afford to.