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If you want to "fix" public education there a few issues you have to address:
1) Parents have to care. You can't simply drop your kids off, work over time at the office, tuck them into bed at night and expect them to get smarter.
2) School Faculty has to be allowed to discipline unruly children. When I was in school, I saw this being slowly stripped away from the teachers. Besides how effective can school be when everytime a kid gets detention or kicked from the sports team, angry parents come complain.
3) People have to accept the fact that there are smart kids and dumb kids. Not every kid has the right to take advanced classes.
4) Schools have to focus on the basics: English, Math, Science, Reading comprehension. Too many people want to skip structured basic classes and go straight to college type "free thinking" classes. This is great if you're in college. But to benefit from it, you need years of structured learning so you actually know a thing or two when its time to explore less concrete ideas.
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