@edcoach posted:Baseballmom you gotta cut me a break: 1)I'm a sped teacher and not an English teacher. 2)when I post, my grammar is lax intentionally. :-)
I totally agree with you. Society wants students to learn content AND know how to think. In schools we are forced to teach to a test. Creativity killer. Thinking killer. Schools talk a big game too...tell teachers to teach kids to think, but really don't care as long as they do well on a standardized test. I think colleges are big pushers of ideology but there's more of it in public schools k-12 than I realized.
O.k, I will give you a pass. 
Yes, very true about teaching to the test. This is something that needs to change, but we need legislation to stop the testing mandates to make it happen. It is really hard for teachers right now because of the backlash over things like CRT (which does not exist in K-12.) We need to get back to open discussions and allow students to be able to think freely without being judged.
Thank you for teaching special education too. We need many more of you!