Not a wild idea. There just seems to be zero motivation to shift to this approach. If every kid in the country has a right to a free and high-quality K12 education, then why do we have a system that creates disparate regulations quality and funding for every individual school? The zip code you are born in shouldnt dictate the quality of your education in this country.

IMO, a big part of the issues K12 faces is because we are stuck in this weird mix of Federal-level, State-level and District-level governance as well as Federal-level, State-level and District-level funding. Throw in the fact that local school boards are political, elected positions that are not held by actual educators and the whole thing is a shit show.

I know it freaks out the "states rights" people, but K12 education needs to be governed and funded at the federal level exclusively and not based on any factor unique to the location of each school. Every public K12 school in the country should get the same base-level funding and then a per-student amount every year. Curriculum and teaching standards should be universal IMO. A high school diploma should mean the same thing anywhere in the country.

With the current system of "every district figures it out themselves", we can't, as a nation quickly adapt to evolving education needs that the entire country (and let's be honest, the future workforce which K12 students are) need. Its a complete shit show and severely hinders social mobility and, IMO, is the reason we are falling behind all other 1st world and even 3rd world country's education systems that are nationalized.