Your point actually reminds me of a story in "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," where Feynman tries to revise a school curriculum. He gets put off at the end

Your point actually reminds me of a story in "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," where Feynman tries to revise a school curriculum. He gets put off at the end of the process, when the Board revokes the book choices he had fought for (to buy cheaper books) and makes an observation: "The whole thing was an unnecessary effort that could have been turned around and done the opposite way: start with the cost of the books, and buy what you can afford."* I think that putting in new stand-up desks could be feasible and would also ease teaching (less restricted kids would spend more time learning than trying to fight restrictions). The problem might be instead that any 'new idea' implemented by a government is going to be bungled hopelessly. * http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm