Or no public schools. What's even the point? The whole k-12 curriculum needs a revamp. Can they at least compress it to k-9 and leave the rest of those years for actual preparation for adulthood?
* Bring back honors classes for those districts that removed them
* Stop no child left behind
* Teach more hardcore math at a younger age. Calculus should be introduced in 6-8 grades.
* Require more writing and reading in general.
In general bring the lower performing students up to par with the high performers, not the other way around.