Moreover, the arguments are slightly misrepresented. If the autonomy folks are comparing to Finnish education, they're talking about a system with plenty of tim

Moreover, the arguments are slightly misrepresented. If the autonomy folks are comparing to Finnish education, they're talking about a system with plenty of time and attention devoted to ongoing development of professional teaching skills. I don't think anyone believes that we can just let American teachers have complete autonomy and expect good results: many American teachers have been placed into positions teaching subjects they don't have degrees in, and they're given very little time for class prep or continuing education. At best this autonomy would free some of the teachers to teach to the classes they have rather than being forced to push through the mandated syllabus that says by week 4 you should be on fractions whether the kids understand multiplication or not.