Hard to beat education (indoctrination) as a way to brainwash the young... But... watching TV in a hypnotic mind altered trance works like a charm as well.
From a fiscal standpoint, it is rife with fraud, waste, and abuse. The federal government collects taxes to distribute to the states with strict guidelines on how it should be used. The states do the same process to dole out money to the school districts. Too many layers of unnecessary beaurocracy!
I taught for ten years. You have know idea what was considered OK. Makes me made I pay (along with yhe rest of us) for half of the idiocy that goes on with my taxes.
IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY OBVIOUS... THAT PUTTING THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF EDUCATION WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE AMERICA HAS EVER MADE... BUT THAT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS.