I respectfully disagree. The public school system is irrevocably broken. The union runs the entire show in the schools and they own the school boards. Unions make big contributions to the legislators who protect them. They have no reason to change and without union buyin, change is impossible. Plus, the ideological element is overwhelming. Even teachers who think they are conservative have, for the most part, bought into the cooperative learning crap that is destroying our schools. And then there's the subject of this thread. It's the result of the militant feminists who control the education agenda combined with administrators seeking to label boys messed-up so they can collect more money.
There are no entry points to reform the system. It is self-contained and self-perpetuating. We need to replace it entirely and toss most of the folks currently employed in the system out of work.
You may be correct. When I suggested that more accountability in public schools was the answer, holding unions, superintendants, principals, and teachers accountable may not be achievable until the current system is scrapped.
I'm so thankful that my child is attending a private school, but I fear for our country's future that most children have no alternative other than the public school system.