It's lack of trust. I too tend to be dismissive by default when it comes to school decisions backed by "studies", because I don't trust an average social science study, I definitely don't trust those that become trendy, and I don't trust school administration to be able to comprehend even a valid study, much less implement it fully in a hostile political and parents/school relationship environment.
Hard sciences are easy, soft sciences are difficult. When you follow a bogus physics study and fuck up your airplane design, your mistake will be immediately apparent. When you follow a bogus social sciences study and fuck up the K12 curriculum, your mistake might be apparent after you retire, if it'll ever become apparent at all.
Hard sciences are easy, soft sciences are difficult. When you follow a bogus physics study and fuck up your airplane design, your mistake will be immediately apparent. When you follow a bogus social sciences study and fuck up the K12 curriculum, your mistake might be apparent after you retire, if it'll ever become apparent at all.