There are several ready-made solutions to our many, many educational problems. All we have to do is swallow our pride and let other countries teach us how to become more better at schooling.
Just because you have an engineering background and an overactive imagination doesn't mean you should construct every insane gadget that pops into your crazy head.
We humans tend to think that we successfully conquered the planet centuries ago and are currently sitting comfortably at the top of the food chain. But, well, not so fast.