And, remember, that dismantling does not come from teachers. It comes from the same people who might believe the Leonard Nimoy faked his death story, when they become low level town/city politicians, or parents who push their own agenda on school boards. People like to believe they know what is good for kids to learn, because, gee, they went to school .
I went to public schools that emphasized it was more important to learn how to get information and read than memorize things. That is, until I moved to the great state of Florida. My education essentially ended in grade 10, except for maybe math. Thankfully, my kids had the same type of education, at least in middle and high school. And, I taught in a school like that, too. A very diverse school, I may add, that made a commitment to this type of learning.
I may have stopped teaching, but I still get crazy over this. After seeing hundreds of young teens develop a love of reading and writing, and become thinkers, I can't stop.