—Give any kid, of any age, who passes the GED a certified and official diploma from his local high school!
— Give any parent $5,000 if they remove their child from government school.
— Put all K-12 courses on the Internet ( contract with someone from India to do it) . If the child passes a qualifying exam in that course he immediately moves to the next level in that specific subject. Even if he is 10 or 11, if he finishes all the courses and passes the GED give him an official diploma from his local high school.
Solution: The fewer kids in school, and the more quickly they move the system, the fewer classrooms and teachers needed. Result? Massive savings.
By the way....Why aren't **all** government school classes filmed and on-line for FREE for anyone of any age to use? Hey! The taxpayers paid for it why hide it like this information was some secret initiation rite?
Just to add to your excellent list of ideas, which I totally agree with. Return to the old way of teaching arithmetic and math. Get rid of sex education altogether and return that responsibility to the parents where it belongs. I am all for moving all schools to the internet, the way you outline it would work well and really cut down on the brainwashing liberals are doing to our children now.