Theoretically, tenure protects good teachers, but is that really the case? I have had plenty of bad experiences with tenured teachers, and it now makes me wonder.

I recently learned about the ESSA in a different class and how it all relates to accountability. The ESSA requires schools to give students equal opportunity, and that ties into the SARC, which is a School Accountability Report Card that makes sure schools are being honest with the public about how the students are doing academically and that the public's tax dollars are being used effectively.

So in this scenario, how does the Code of Ethics come into play if a teacher is forced to intentionally go against their duty of informing students about varying points of view? Can they fight it by using the Code as a guide to what they should and should not be able to teach? How does that work?

I feel like it's not really outlining the expectations, though, because everyone thinks about ethics through a different perspective, so what one teacher thinks is the right thing might be the total opposite to another teacher, and I think that creates a slippery slope upon which all teacher behaviors are defined

If teachers have to make decisions based on what they think is ethical, then if parents disagree and complain about said decisions, how does that situation get resolved if everything is based in a "gray area"? Who makes the final call and how?