A Needed Approach to Education?

I just spent the better part of the day reading articles of one kind or another that each talk about the state of Education in the US. I just can't believe that we've got a 33% dropout rate nationwide and yet we haven't declared a state of national emergency. We're willing to pump more money into the system, but we're not willing to change the system.

We need to approach Education like a fireman approaches a burning house; with purpose, determination, and an acute sense of urgency.