First we need to have general consensus on what the public schooling system is trying to achieve.

K-12

The answer IMO is to prepare you for universities.

We then need consensus on if universities actually work for everyone.

Hint: they don’t.

We then need consensus on how universities are funded. Where are the funds coming from? How are they used? Who are they going to?

All of this needs to be out in the open for all to see.

Need to teach the kids about Tesla.

The High Schools used to have you choose a curriculum path when entering High School. Your choice was College Prep or Business Prep. Realistically there should have been a third choice of "Life Prep". There were some electives such as Cooking, Mechanical, Woodworking etc. These were not intensive but if they were, a student could put food on the table when they are adults. When the SHTF who do you think will survive? I know who....the ones that can build, work, repair, invent and have skills they can barter. They will be the SMART ONES.