I agree with everything you've written here, also based on personal experience. In particular: "they hate so much of what they are forced to do by those settin

I agree with everything you've written here, also based on personal experience. In particular: "they hate so much of what they are forced to do by those setting the rules and regulations." Progressive school boards could eliminate most supervisors ... and principals ... at vast savings ... without much harm. Experienced teachers could take over the 'administration' duties (most of which are handled by staff) for 4 or 5 months every few years. There'd be some increase in pay as compensation, and to let them advantage themselves of the remaining free time by taking further coursework to help them to make education more valuable for their students. Meanwhile, the substantial savings (~~ $100-200K in many districts) could be plowed into better classroom-support materials. Win all around.