It believe & this is just IMO (coming from a teaching family)....it all starts at home. You teach your child yourself until the age at which they get sent to school. Some kids start school/kindy not even knowing what letter their name starts with. As parents we are supposed to guide & teach our children & frankly I get sick of all the blame being put on teachers & all of the responsibility...yet when it's something the "parent" doesn't agree with then all of a sudden it's "they shouldn't teach them that"!! It starts & continues at home. Teachers have guidlines etc that the follow & things that they teach...yes they need to teach properly & some may not be as good as others but it doesn't stop when the child gets home. We still need to read to our children, encourage learing & education. And teach them what we feel & believe so they grow knowing what it is we feel they should & grow into the adults we hope they will be - if that makes sense. Teachers do hold responsibility, but I dont believe as much as the parents...we had the children they are ours not the schools IYKWIM.