What is the writer's opinion on the accountability of education professors and consultants who introduce new curriculum ideas?
The trouble with math education - well, all curriculum - is that the people who "invent" and mandate change are never held accountable for their grand ideas. Teachers and schools get the public flogging while the behind-the-scenes masters of chaos, the professors and consultants, see failure as reason to change course with another foolish scheme. In other words, they are rewarded and extended rather than punished and shamed. Teachers and schools and especially students are simply victims of a system without accountability. Anyone know of an education professor who got disciplined for pushing a stupid idea?