I get what you're trying to say, but it isn't based on reality. I can point you to plenty of public schools and districts that do a very good job of educating students.
The goals of our public school system are so anti-American, and their means so unnatural and damaging to children, that I cannot fathom why anyone who's aware of them would condemn his children to such a fate.
The goals of individual public schools and districts reflect the goals of the surrounding communities. Nothing more, nothing less. Personally, I'd be happy to send my son to several of the school districts here in the DC area and would be thrilled if he went to certain schools (such as Thomas Jefferson in Northern Virginia or Bethesda-Chevy Chase in Maryland).
Some book about what may be some abstract goal of public education is meaningless. You have to look at each school and district and evaluate them individually.