The sad thing is, the kids who are not quite as smart, or driven, or whose parents don't supplement their education, are having a terrible time, both when (if) they go to college, and in the work force. They don't learn what they need to know, and the idea of slacking as being acceptable, is reinforced. Bad for them, bad for America, bad for the world.
Bad behavior and rank stupidity have consequences. Fortunately, God created homeschooling and private unregulated schooling to guarantee that there will be leaders who can govern the gummint skeweled sheeple.