Education is a favorite whipping boy. The education system does have problems. But don’t expect it to cure the greater problems of society itself. Everybody and their brother has a different opinion of how the education system needs to be changed.I'm not saying to eliminate tests, etc - there has to be a way to gauge understanding, but it's not the only way. And, from what I've been reading/hearing on the news, sounds like there are a lot of problems with public education, so something's not working.