Is it really because of political agenda though, or rather an issue of scale? From a scale perspective you have basically 2 choices. 1) Treat kids like adults

Is it really because of political agenda though, or rather an issue of scale? From a scale perspective you have basically 2 choices. 1) Treat kids like adults, let them do whatever so long as it doesn't impact others around them, and if they flunk, so be it. 2) Assume kids don't know best and impose rules you can enforce at scale, with the end goal hopefully being they learn the subject. Either option gets you boatloads of complaints and anecdotes, depending on your perspective. If you don't want efficient but merciless scaling (perhaps it's not working?), then we should explore another (new?) approach that lives within or expands upon (good luck!) the economic constraints. Ultimately we settle on something that seems "good enough", meeting as much of 1) and 2) without going bankrupt.