Education has many problems. Unless people are willing to carefully think about the problems and the future, the problems will grow and educational will become more expensive.

Two good books that discuss the current destructive fads and have some pointers for the future:

The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch

and a good local source,

Seeds of Tomorrow by Angela Engel.

For a view of what should have happened in the last 30 years and what will happen:

Disrupting Class by Christensen, Horn, and Johnson.

There is choice of whether to fight yesterdays battles or follow the path to the future.  Unfortunately, most people struggle to stay in the past or do not care.