I'm not claiming the current system is serving anyone other than administrators. But as long as parents continue to see the current system as "free" childcare they won't want to see it dismantled without understanding how a new system will serve that same purpose. They will still want their kids to go somewhere they are supervised for 9 hours a day, regardless of how the education is delivered. And most young parents are products of the same broken system, so have no idea just how bad it is. I'm all for privatization and competition. And I'm married to a college professor and sister to a 4th grade teacher, so I know how abysmal the outcomes currently are. The fact that Harvard is now teaching remedial math to the supposed "cream of the crop" is not a surprise. In 2026 there will be a significant decrease in the number of high school seniors applying for college; there was a precipitous drop in the birthrate following the 2007 recession and it has not recovered. As colleges compete for a shrinking pool of students and revenue, I don't think they will respond by making their curriculums more challenging, unfortunately. My husband's solution has always been employer testing. Let the employers set the standard for what they want employees to know. Unfortunately, with the current EEO standards in place, those tests would soon be branded as racist or sexist or some other "ist". There are a lot of things that have to change to move to a true meritocracy.