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I am relatively new to teaching and it always amazes me that everyone is looking for the panacea to solve everything instantly.  This does not happen in the "outside" world.  Solutions are generated almost entirely internally for numerous reasons and usually in phases (iterative step-wise refinement).  I sometimes laugh when "education systems" pick math method X which school districts spends huge amonts of money for and then give it only 1 year to instantly deliver results.  When it does not show remarkable measurable improvement, this is trashed to purchase math method Z.  I have experience this vicious expensive cycle of a cure-all search in numerous school districts.

I really shake my head when what has worked in one school district is seen as "the" answer in this school district without considering the vast divide between the two school districts statistics, demographics, etc.

Getting everyone on the same page is a major feat ... that's students/parents/teachers/administrators/politicians.