Yes, there have been substantial changes in the classroom in the past 30 years, and none of them have been helpful. This is especially true in large public sch

Yes, there have been substantial changes in the classroom in the past 30 years, and none of them have been helpful. This is especially true in large public schools that have to be "stack ranked" using NCLB-mandated test scores. This zapped any residual ability for them to do anything beyond the bare minimum because that would eat into time that could be used to review the tested material. Your 12th grader in "honors" classes will be given remedial lessons on how to use a Dictionary instead of reading Chaucer.