RTL: Chapter One Lessons Learned

OK, finished Chapter One and I'm starting to see a picture of a "Reading to Live " classroom - one where I would like to be a student... yet...

I can still hear the poor teachers' voices saying how pulled they are between what is and what it should be - what a terrible position to be in - and how tough it is to not have a say/voice and have to follow prescribed reading programs that may be very different from the one described here...