3. Let kids test out of school by the conclusion of the 10th grade and get the first year of community college free.
4. Return to the text books of the early 20th century, e.g., “The McGuffy Reader. My aunt was a teacher in a one-room “normal school”, and many of the books are in the shelves at the family homestead.
DH is a physicist and he can’t believe how difficult the arithmetic and science books for sixth graders were then — stuff taught in high school and college now. Grammer was advanced, too.
Last trip back there we found the speech Mom gave at eighth grade graduation. Unbelievable.
My homeschooled kids started community college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13.
My suggestion:
Any child of any age who passes the GED or has an SAT or ACT score above a certain level is deemed literate and numerate and can be granted an official high school diploma from their local government school district. That diploma opens up many opportunities for scholarships and military service.