Optimizing for grades kills passion

If funding for your school depends on the results of assessment, or if your continued employment as a teacher depends upon a set of tests, then you have to be a pretty strong-willed teacher to avoid the temptation to ‘teach to the test’, rather than engaging in a form of education that will not so readily meet the outcomes, usually measured against

What’s the point of knowing something if it doesn’t positively impact anyone, not even yourself?