Hold elementary and middle school teachers accountable. I teach NJROTC at a high school in TX and the number of kids getting to HS without being able to do the big 3 of reading, writing and arithmatic at a HS level is mind boggling.
Elementary and middle schools no longer hold students back they just assign "accomodations" and send them to the next grade. States dont get too involved until the students are in HS and by then many are so behind in the basics that it isnt recoverable. Hard to break that cycle if students have just been passed along for 6 or more years.
And they should shi+can the unions
