K12 Education and Reform

Q22: ​How important is K12 education to you? What do you think about the current state of our schools? What educational issues are most important to you? What concerns do you have? What encourages you? What would you do differently?
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Q23: How does K12 education compare today?  Do you feel like kids today are getting a better or worse education than you did? What makes you say this?
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Q24: How relevant do you think education is today? Do you feel like our kids will be prepared for the modern work force, and the demands of the future?
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Q25: How do our kids perform internationally? How do you think U.S. students are doing compared to others across the world?  How much does it matter?

Q26: What reforms impact achievement most? ​ What reforms, programs or initiatives do you think impact academic achievement the most?  Why do you say this?
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Q27: What do you think about current educational spending rates?  Do we spend more, less, or roughly the same, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than we did 20, 30 or 40 years ago?  Do you feel like it is enough, too much, or not enough?
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Q28: What would you do to turnaround schools? ​If you were hired to turn around a failing high school, what specifically would you do to improve academic results and subject mastery? Would your changes transform a school that sent less than 20% of their students to college into one where more than 80% of their teens attended great universities? Are you sure it would work? Can you prove it?  Give us your thoughts.
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Q29: What would you add, keep and cut?  ​If you were given no more money to fund your reform(s), what would you add, keep and cut to pay for it? Why would choose these things? Are you sure you could you still produce these kinds of results?
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Q30: What do you think about the current state of college education? Is it worth it?  What concerns do you have?  What do you think should be done about it?  What advice would you give to those considering going to college?