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I think if parents get more chances to see kids being generative — building real things, starting real companies, reading & theorizing w/o prompting, defining their own projects — they'll want that for their kids, despite the fear of losing the test score/college admissions race
Unfortunately, there's not much parents can do about it. If anything, reform efforts are making education more centralized, which means that local communities have less leverage over how their schools work. Private schools & homeschool co-ops will probably have to lead the way
I think the big Achilles heel in this system is the summer vacation. Parents are neurotic about "playing school" when it's required, but if someone could design summer programs that demonstrably beat schools in outcome, then you need only to make it year round.
All the well paid professionals I know are doing homeschool or private/co-op. We had to go co-op so our 3 year old! wouldn't be stuck at a desk all day.
It seems until we stop equating test scores with "achievement" and "success," school will continue to be less effective & more miserable than it needs to be. http://www.rogerschank.com/OECD-should-be-ashamed-PISA-scores-announced-doing-more-damage …
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