Home School....works everytime it's tried
Well . . .
Here in my state we hear that some unscrupulous public school officials encourage parents of problem children to teach them at home. It makes it so much easier for the school district, you see. The problem is that the pupils who hit other kids, threaten teachers with death, steal and cheat, are often the products of parents who couldn't care less whether the kid learns anything or not.
A few years ago, one of our state legislators sponsored legislation that would have made it really hard to home school. His reason: "Some (a very small minority) of home schoolers are not getting a decent education." Talk about a self-fulfilling strategy.
Thankfully, many of our public school officials seem supportive of home schooling (and the bill was defeated, for now).