>incorporate basic critical thinking into early schooling, building up through logic and debate, culminating in philosophy courses. Instill habitual and independent thinking in students, as well as expose them to various schools of thoughts and the thoughts of famous thinkers before them. Also, use this as a vehicle to teach students about bullying and improve superordinate identities to include all of their differences. >design early classes in more of a Socratic setting to develop students who aren’t afraid of contributing to the class themselves >Less of an emphasis on grades/memorization/collegiate future >Ban schools from teaching differently. Every student deserves similar high-quality education. >Allowance of ability-based placement. Faster students shouldn’t be held back, but slower students shouldn’t be discouraged. >Make history/art/some sciences/language optional >speed up mathematics courses (No student should graduate without multi-variable calculus) - This is more of a personal preference and could be changed. Regardless, having students finish with pre-calc is ridiculous in the modern world. >Mandatory civil classes for understanding the government on federal, state, and local levels. >Offer practical classes (woodworking, how to do taxes, cooking): just basic stuff for day-to-day life or possible future careers/hobbies. >Tax-paid education, college access based on merit, no government involvement in private institutions beyond non-education based laws. A few of the things my ideal education system would have.