Is there any way to fix the schools in the blue-hive cities?
Probably not. Those on the west side of the Bell Curve could have been decent, productive citizens, as they once were, long ago. Not overly bright, but not everyone need be so. The Great Society, welfare, wokeness and critical race nonsense has produced generations of savages. Now we are reaping the result. Our cities are dead or dying. Our society is on life support.
1. Fire each and every 'teacher' who isn't able to pass basic testing in the subject areas they are supposed to be teaching.
2. Do NOT allow teachers to use the classroom as a political soapbox.
3. Allow non-union teachers.
4. Give bonuses to teachers whose students perform well on standardized testing (administered by a third party).
5. Have a strict dress code that does not allow 'bling' of any kind.
These are just for starters, and are unlikely to be helpful unless the entire culture of the inner cities changes, gangs are disbanded etc. The sad thing is that it took generations for things to get to this point, and it will take generations for things to improve sufficiently.
Yes there is. All monies collected for education should be dispersed to the individual parents as vouchers for them to spend at any school they choose, not just for the "blue hive cities" but everywhere.
Costs will go down and quality of education will go up.