When did teachers become the enemy?

I am not sure exactly what started this recent uproar against teachers but I find it quite appalling.

True, some scores could be better. A lot of teachers could probably do better. And this whole tenure thing should be evaluated. Honestly, three years after working and you have tenure? I digress.

The current trend seems to attack the people in the classroom and how they instruct our students. I hate that this is happening. The part that I hate the most is that a lot of this criticism is coming from people who have never stepped a foot inside of a classroom. I once heard a preacher say that people who have never done your job will always have suggestions on how to improve what you are doing. A lot of organizations and millionaires seem to all of a sudden know the best way to teach our students and train teachers. Yea, right.

Another major debate in some states concern whether or not vouchers should be given to families to send their children to private schools or if charter schools should be set up. If you don't know, charter schools are public schools that receive public funds. However, they have their own guidelines and are able to admit students that fall into a certain category or meet certain criteria.

I understand the desire to want to make sure that our children are receiving a quality education, but is this the way to do it? In my opinion, providing these options will probably make public schools worse. One, private schools already tend to outperform public schools. Giving the option to use a voucher would take those students who excel away from public schools. Charter schools are USUALLY for students who excel in areas like science, math, arts or technology. This would also take away those strong students. The charter school option would also take good teachers away from public schools.

This leaves us with reduced funding for public schools, students who are struggling and teachers without the experience necessary to help those students.

As I said earlier, I am not qualified to give a suggestion on how to change these things but I know that taking funding away from public schools and attacking teachers is not going to help. The field already has a hard time recruiting talent and these attacks on teachers are not helping. There has to be some a better way to find a solution to make better changes.

Just my two cents. As I close, the song below came to mind. Check it out.

John Legend & The Roots (Footage belongs to AOL.com)

What do you think??