This trend has been going on for a while. Here are some snippets, some about personal experiences and others about the shortage of qualified teachers (obviously

This trend has been going on for a while. Here are some snippets, some about personal experiences and others about the shortage of qualified teachers (obviously this leads to teachers not even knowing anything beyond what is presented in the textbook). Another major problem is violence permeating into schools which disturbs academics outside the school and within. Also, this is not unique to the US. Other countries are also seeing an incursion of "achievement stickers" for everyone in lieu of academics. http://www.csun.edu/~ar8361/paper1.html http://www.csun.edu/~ar8361/paper1.html https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2022/08/26/are-we-at-a-crisis-point-with-the-public-teacher-workforce-education-scholars-share-their-perspectives/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2022/... https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-us-broken-education-system/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-us-broken-education-... https://www.studentachievement.org/wp-content/uploads/Rigor_Tony_Wager_EdLeadership_October_08.pdf https://www.studentachievement.org/wp-content/uploads/Rigor_...