One of the most disastrous shifts in education has been this:
Teachers are being given more responsibilities while simultaneously losing the power to enforce meaningful consequences for misbehavior.
You cannot continually increase expectations for teachers while stripping away the authority needed to maintain order and accountability.
Schools spend hours trying to “reach” the kid who openly doesn’t care, while the kid who tries every day quietly gets ignored. We’re exhausting ourselves chasing resistance instead of investing in effort.
Ken Gaeth Invitational at @ScarletSwimming !
Taking on East, Grinnell, Carroll, SE Polk, CR Jefferson, and Indianola today to kick off the 2026 campaign.