Here’s my model: Abolish it. It is no longer necessary and actually does more harm than good. Stuff like http://www.khanacademy.org are all you need.
Fred sums it up nicely:
http://www.fredoneverything.net/Enstupidation.shtml
I’m with you 100%.
Abolish it.
The definition of insanity is to repeat a process while expecting different results.
The tax-funded, government-run school is collectivist at its core, and, with “compulsory attendance”, becomes totalitarian statist as well.
The government school is BY FAR the most expensive, most destructive, most subversive entitlement program in the country.
Well heck! Let’s just make it unanimous!
The ONLY way to fix public education is to privatize it!