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The core of the problem isn't curriculum, funding, etc. etc.
The core of the problem is the students, and their parents.
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As much at the core of the problem are the teachers unions that are sworn to protect and defend mediocrity.
Curriculum most certainly is a core problem. Most school curriculum has been dumbed-down to make people believe that the schools are doing a better job. When you compare what our kids learn and at what age compared to other parts of the world, it is obvious that we expect very little in government schools.
The primary problem with public education is that the education establishment is not answerable to the customer: parents and students. The reason for that is the total lack of competition. As long as private school is only for the rich, everyone else will have to settle for what our tax dollars are pissed away on.