We need to make our education system better than any in the world. Make this our number one priority.
Poorly educated students are a drain on our GDP and tax base.
Nearly half of the heads of households on welfare are drop outs.
The average annual cost of maintaining a prisoner: 3X higher than the annual dollars expended to educate a school-age child. We can and should reverse this.
We must develop a system of funding our education system that ignores current financial issues because the long term effects are so much more expensive.
Consider tying our education funding to an index of crime rates and prison population geography. Overwhelm our communities with education and positive opportunities.
Education is the cheapest way to maintain our dominance in the world.