All of those things have always cometo school with the students.

Difference was in days past, the students were supposed and required to leave those issue on the coathanger so to speak.

As time and empirical results have proven, the school systems of western nations (or european descendent nations or whatever moniker you prefer) were far superior before the 1960s.

The nation-state or eq. provided tax-funded buildings and staff, sometimes material for poorer students for a basic education; 6-8 years at most starting at age 5-6. This was because private corporate capital and actual demands for (industrial/agricultural) labour more or less mandated it to be so. Beyond the basics, trade schools and privately funded universities took care of the rest.

That older model was by far superior because the incentives were stacked right and the selection pressure was meritocratic to a much higher degree than today.

And the number one factor: teachers actually taught skills and knowledge and the system ensured the students had to work and work hard to make it through: it was made as hard as necessary to provide results. Kid won't study and the parents ain't on the ball for whatever excuse?

Not the school's fault. Not the teacher's responsibility. That attitude needs a comeback with a vengeance.

(Retired after about 25 years as a teacher, all ages but mostly 18+ and HFAs, if that matters.)