Yes!
1) The jails are far too cushy. Double up the inmates and rip out the TVs. Take out the libraries and gyms, and use the space for more cells.
2) The obscene "education" money isn't getting to the students. Cut teacher's salaries by at least 50% to start, and cull out about 90% of the non-educational "admin" positions.
KILL the teacher's unions and principal/superintendent associations.
3) Make sure we spend at least one dollar more on "education" than we do on prisons.
We have very few conservative teachers (which is why our kids are so brainwashed. Conservatives allowed liberals to take over this entire sector.) Cut the salaries that much and you won't have anyone but fresh-from-college snowflakes teaching, and they'll be replaced every 3 years by someone even younger and even dumber.