Government schools are not going to be shut down. People can work for vouchers and other alternatives, but the biggest change will be brought about by fighting those who are/have turned public schools into PC indoctrination centers.
I agree with you that we must push back hard against fascist Marxist Utopianism wherever we find it. This means actively doing all we can to change the school boards and curriculum of our current government schools.
But...I disagree with you that government schools can not be shut down. Why?
Answer: Seemingly large and intractable institutions can lose their legitimacy almost overnight. For example, Martin Luther and the Catholic church, the fall of the Soviet Union, and our own American Revolution.
We now have voucher, tax credits, and charters in many states. The waiting lists for these programs are very very long. The parents whose children are on this lists are politically very well organized, vocal, and effective in their lobbying efforts. Legislators will not ( and are not) deaf to their pleas. Since government schooling is the largest expense for most counties and the state, charters, vouchers, and tax credits are one of the most effective means for balancing the state budgets and getting government school employees off the state pension and benefit programs.
Then, as conservatives, we must encourage parents to take their children out of the government schools. This starves the government schools of the funding that goes with that children.
Finally, homeschooling continues its remarkable growth of 7 to 15% a year.
Taken all together, I am very hopeful.
I agree with you. But, one thing we could do is try to get a conservative elected to the White House.... a conservative that removes (hopefully attempts/succeeds in disbanding the Department of Edu) the DoE/NEA from putting their hands so deeply into state affairs.
We need to elect govenors that will put us on track to slowly remove state interference with schools and foster the free market. Provide tax breaks/refunds for parents that send children to private schools. Provide tax breaks for private companies that own schools (no property taxes). Start removing free lunch/breakfast programs (do you really need to receive that much dang money in foodstamps when your kids receive 2 cooked meals a day "free"?). Allow students to choose from a basic diploma or a vocational diploma. You fail out of school and don't have a diploma, or homeschool certification... no welfare, no social security, no food stamps, no housing allowance, no gov't paid cellphone, nada. Oh yeah, AND NO ILLEGALS in public school. That's what I like to call "incentive."
Stop allowing teacher's unions to have all of the power... if you don't measure up....you're fired; your pension... buh-bye, your teaching certification = canceled. If you're a principal/superintendant and you look the other way... same deal and you're possibly charged with fraud. Allow competition to occur. People will soon realize how much better the private schools are. Soon, the public schools will be unfunded and hopefully close.... or they'll have to change.
...but it is little more than a pipe dream.