Great points. I think that at the very least, here in the U.S.A. we need to switch to a year round school calendar instead of taking the entire summer off. Kids just forget what they learned and then have to waste time relearning each year. I'd also like to see the kids start to be filtered out around age 14-16, and have their educations tailored to suit their specific strengths and weaknesses. I believe probably half should be in some kind of vocational training. Don't leave school incapable of doing anything but mopping floors or flipping burgers.