Hypothetical Situation: Director of Education

[EricH]

Inspired (or not) by this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=77601, I have decided to open a thought challenge.

If YOU were the top education official in the U.S., what would you do? I.E., ranking system for schools, improve classrooms, etc.

The ground rules:
-You may not try to shut down alternative schools (i.e. homeschools, charter schools, and private schools). There are reasons I've put this restriction in. PM me for them.

-You must try to keep anything you do realistic. (For example, an FRC team presence in every high school in the country isn't exactly realistic. However, an engineering competition-type item in each H.S. may be achievable.)

-We will assume that budget is unlimited. It isn't, but we'll try to keep this simple.

Have fun.