Hmm... both parties agree that it's going in the wrong direction, but differ on why. (Probably because they differ on what the wrong direction is.) It seems t

Hmm... both parties agree that it's going in the wrong direction, but differ on why. (Probably because they differ on what the wrong direction is.) It seems to me that "parents trying to tell teachers what to teach" and "teachers bring their personal views into the classroom" are both kind of saying "teach the core content" - don't wander off into what the teacher wants, and don't wander off into what the parents want. (Yeah, I know, you can't entirely, especially with reading. They have to read something, and that something carries some content. Who gets to decide what it is?)