What is going on with our school system?

[heatcharger]

You get what you pay for, Teachers in this country have been demonized and screwed over the past couple decades, Now were getting the bottom of the barrel.

This. You have moderate heroes like John Kasich and Chris Christie who demonize teachers and cut their pay, and then you have the rat race known as No Child Left Behind, which gets curriculums oriented to test-taking rather than actually learning. Also conservatives like in NC trying to change curriculum to make it less accurate doesn't help.