They(teachers) are hamstrung by having to teach in the backward way they are mandated by.
Yup - can't dish out swats anymore, or pull hair like Mr. Spudich did. Now I heard on the news tonight that the Rockwood school district in Missouri signed a mandate that the teachers have to accept late homework assignments without penalties. Used to be the students had to respect the teachers, now it's the other way around it seems.