So it strikes me that part of the issue is that most (certainly not all) education professionals have a different and non-scientific perspective. This presents large problems because the larger society needs kids to grow up with an appropriate understanding of critical thinking.
The vast majority of school administrators don't actually care that much about helping kids become thoughtful, independent people. Their incentives push them to produce kids with core "skills" and achieve various financial objectives. Evidence-based evaluation of commercial pedagogical methods can run counter to the administrators' interests.
Which just means that these kids are working in the finest traditions of scientists throughout history.
The vast majority of school administrators don't actually care that much about helping kids become thoughtful, independent people. Their incentives push them to produce kids with core "skills" and achieve various financial objectives. Evidence-based evaluation of commercial pedagogical methods can run counter to the administrators' interests.
Which just means that these kids are working in the finest traditions of scientists throughout history.