Which is a mild way that our education is poor since rewarding status over competence. Would parents sending their kids to Ivy leagues accept a kid from downto

Which is a mild way that our education is poor since rewarding status over competence. Would parents sending their kids to Ivy leagues accept a kid from downtown going to public school being given a better recognition as theirs? We let parents influence education, and let schools bend the «natural» competition in order to satisfy influential parents. This cannot happen without regulations to tie diploma to a job. Without academy's and authorities. The first winner in the bending of the knowledge competitions all other the world are the kids of teachers. There is a worldwide corruption without bribe of teachers achieved by a social pressure. What could be done? Burst the educational bubble?