I tune out as soon as someone says “make it free”. First off, make it tax payer funded is what they mean. And no thank you. Second, we already pay for 13 year

I tune out as soon as someone says “make it free”. First off, make it tax payer funded is what they mean. And no thank you. Second, we already pay for 13 years of school, why would I believe 4 more years would help? Who is out there championing public school is the excellent model of education? 13th grade is not a solution to anything. It’s clear to me we are facing a complexity crisis and almost no one sees it. People that don’t belong in college aren’t going to be better off when everything is too complex for them as is, and getting worse. A tech at Jiffy Lube needs to know so much more than 20 years ago, but the kid isn’t any smarter at all. The guy pouring concrete needs to know a lot more, paying for his degree won’t help, but it will take 4 years of experience away. IDGAF about “elite schools” if you someone took those away, the rich would self-sort another using another method. The issue here is we aren’t ready to say “we’ve made most of the world too complex for most people in it”. And so have no remedy for that.