K-12 Education Policy Brief
January 18, 2019Executive Summary:K-12 education is at the bedrock of the American education system and today, it is struggling. All the players (students, teachers, parents, government officials) have benevolent intentions, but the critical drivers for this lack of success are often misunderstood. Further, the bureaucracies involved are so large that any meaningful change is difficult and of course, the political considerations make the process of change even more difficult. In this policy brief, we discuss the current education system, its inherent limitations, and then propose three very specific policy remedies which provide a mechanism for fundamental change. These three policy imperatives are:Funding: Funding must follow the child and not institutions. Certification: Certification must be independent of method of delivery.Facilities: Facilities and Academic Function must operate independently.The implementation of these policies will have the following positive outcomes:Academic...