Wall Street Journal: That pushback is pushing some teachers over the edge. In Nashville, Tenn., Samira Hardcastle, a teacher of the year, became an internet sensation this year when she quit. Her resignation letter accused district officials of fabricating a grade to “appease an irate parent” whose child had repeatedly failed to turn in an art assignment in Hardcastle’s class at John F. Kennedy Middle School.
“There’s no accountability, so they learn that it doesn’t matter what their work ethic is,” Hardcastle told The Wall Street Journal. “That’s going to be a tough lesson when they get into the real world and realize it doesn’t work that way.” …