We are tied for first for having the highest annual spending per student. Yet, of over 30 industrialized nations, we rank in the bottom half for education.
Grades K-12 need to be more difficult to pass by not “teaching to the test”. Private, religious, and boarding schools must maintain the minimum requirements of the public schools. Teachers need to be paid more and on performance -- as well as easily fireable. Tenure needs to be more difficult to achieve, or flat out removed. Curriculum needs to be more flexible and/or re-evaluated. Education should be free until the age of 18. School years should be longer. More money should be awarded to schools with lower graduation rates. Classes need to be smaller and we should never have a more-supervisors-to-teachers ratio that currently exists.