hmm thats a toughie,

no child leftbehind going away is a good start. but i think the problem is partly schools are not allowed to really even atempt to fund themselves. thanks to things like grants and what not from the us gov if told to jump the response they only have would be how high, changing that can allow schools to have a bit more autonomy with how they persue things granted yes this runs the risk of turning schools into a sweatshop or door to door salesmen annoyance if this happens is the kids need to be payed fairly for any work that makes profit and be able to list the school as work experence for any future resume.

annother set of things that needs to hapen, schools need to be as neutral as possable when it comes to instilling morals, thats the parrents job. i wouldnt want my hypothetical kid being taught satanism just as much as i wouldent want them taught christianity unless i was the one doing it.

annother thing that i think might improve things. community involvement with incentive of course. from simple charity work to allowing the community to donate money or resources to the school we need to tie the community to the school in a positive way as they are now they kinda are seprate and aloof this can have a positive effect on the students futures as well.