[JohnnyB]

In the k-12 environment the role of schools and of teachers is much more than teaching subjects. Parents work and children spend more of their waking hours with their teachers than they do with their families. Schools and K-12 teachers are fundamentally involved in the raising of children.

Besides, it's a fallacy to think that teaching facts has been a solid base of education in the past as most facts are quickly forgotten by kids. Providing facts or access to information alone does not provide an environment to produce capable people. The best teachers have never been the best providers of factual information.