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Yes, number one chore- build new schools, nice, community based, pay the teachers the highest wage to work there, put in "innovative" programs for the yuppie-ettes. No matter what other method of urban revitalization is tried, a great school is a magnet. Developers will want to build nearby, and renovate quaint old houses. The infrastructure (sewers, curbs and gutters) is in place, there's real big full grown TREES! Make tax incentives to stop pushing development outward to the suburbs. Imagine the gas savings. Kids could walk to school- the list is endless.

1. Institute school choice and the vile pubic schools will disappear (they will be closed as private schools thrive, or they will take drastic steps to improve to the point where they are as good for kids as private schools).

2. States should takeover cities that cannot govern themselves efficiently (cities rule in lieu of the state, and the state can reassert its role if the cities are not capable - why would we continue to subsidize these cities with state cash only to see it wasted).

NB: both scenarios seriously weaken govt employee unions - the cause of bloated bureaucracies that provide less service at ever higher cost.