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Two things that occurs to me given a quick read-through. First of all, you say that you want a more 'active' education, but you never give any details as to exactly what it means. Exactly how is your system of education going to present ideas so that students learn to view them critically?
Secondly, it seems to miss the point of education. Learning critical thinking is only a part of what an education should teach us. It's also important to learn that 2 + 2 = 4, that the USA got its independence through a war with Great Britain, and stuff like that. Critical thinking may be a useful skill, but it's only useful if you also have the knowledge to back it up.
Thirdly, I think you overestimate most people. Most people don't want to think critically at any age, but this is especially true at lower grades. Do you really expect a six-year-old to be able to argue with her teacher? To the contrary, I think that we're best off when earlier grades focus on purely fact-based knowledge (not worrying too much if some of it is an oversimplification), and then later grades starting in high school start to teach children to be view this store of knowledge critically.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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