As a teacher for 20 years in 3 countries, I saw an education system broken at every level from failing public schools to pricey private schools. In private sch

As a teacher for 20 years in 3 countries, I saw an education system broken at every level from failing public schools to pricey private schools. In private schools, I saw schools answering to their boards, which meant a focus on SAT scores and IVY league admissions. In public schools, curriculum is geared towards standardized tests created by private corporations. Quality varies enormously based on the cost of real estate in the area (meaning amount of tax dollars going in) unfortunately, a lot of microschools are still trying to re-create school, this in spite of the fact that compulsory schooling was an experiment, that just stuck around, in spite of its failings. Both systems put little emphasis on the individual child and their needs. By design, schools serve a system, and not individual children. They're oriented towards standardization so that everyone can hit one mediocre level that justifies taxpayers dollars. We need a public education system that's flexible and oriented towards serving the needs of individual children and communities, not a standardized 9-3 schedule and curriculum that takes decades to tweak and change. Furthermore, there's a fine line between indoctrination and education, but they are opposites, in fact. In my opinion, schools are more on the indoctrination side of things, not the love and passion for learning side. Maybe we should also ask why we're outsourcing education at all? Why shouldn't it be the parent's role and why shouldn't we give them resources to do it well?