The blame doesn't just go to crusty old mentors. A lot of the traditional approaches are much better than the fads that education academics try to push. If you

The blame doesn't just go to crusty old mentors. A lot of the traditional approaches are much better than the fads that education academics try to push. If you look at Hattie's work, I'd say most of the highly effective techniques are more likely to be used in a classroom than advocated for by education academics.