What I would like to do:
Give rights back to the parents. If children know that you can not touch them all they have to do is call the law and say you hit them ( weather you did or not). Then your in jail and any chance of discipline goes out the window.
Principles and teachers are next in line. Our principles should go to a school or take classes to be taught how to do the job successfully. The classes should be taught by retired principles. So that we can have world competitive principles.
Teachers should have a bachelors degree or if they are a technical teacher they should be at the top of their trade that they teach. All teachers should be tested annually to ensure that they have the technical and educational know how to do the job properly.
We need to give teachers motivation to teach. I think we should give them bonuses for higher classroom achievement. After all theses are our children, they need every opportunity we can give to them so they can succeed in this world. We need to bring in educational material on a world level. Our children will not be able to compete in this day and age if they are learning outdated material. As the world changes so must the education material. I also believe we should put a second language classes in at the end of elementary school instead of waiting until middle school. We need to add more after school tutoring programs for troubled students. Every mind is important and different, some children just need more time to learn, and some just need to be taught how to learn.