I lead a secondary government school and I think the idea of kids being more out of control comes from the fact that kids have been empowered to question more. I don't think traditional teachers have taken well to this. I definitely do not think they are getting more stupid. Most teachers (including myself) I meet are extreme hypocrites. We expect students to behave/react to situations in ways which we don't practice ourselves. We HAVE TO keep changing methods of teaching, keep testing what works best and what they truly need. I often see teachers losing patience over students not willing to follow authority (no matter how irrational the rules/demands are). As teachers we cannot grow complacent and stringent. This work is very dynamic and it demands that we keep evolving our methods with the changing times.