Reasons for the decline of English teaching

On my way to the office this morning I was listening to a radio talk show, the subject under discussion being the recent election fiasco in Florida. One of the "expert" guest panelists, a professor somewhere, who was addressed by the show hostess as "Doctor", said (and I heard it with my own ears), "What Jeb Bush told the press this morning is disingenius." sighing emoticon Maybe education needs to be reformed frm the top down. Used to be that you had to have a pretty good overall education, and you certainly had to know English well-nigh perfectly, to be granted a PhD from any reputable institution.