[Issaquahking]

Exactly! Vouchers, and home school, or home school groups beat the public system. However, the system needs to be fixxed with old-fashioned discipline.

[Tax-chick]

However, the system needs to be fixxed with old-fashioned discipline.

Unfortunately, it can't be. The legal climate won't allow schools to flunk or expel students who violate school rules, any more than they're allowed to fire teachers who are scr*wing the students.

Want to get cell phones out of the classroom? Issue a hammer to each teacher, and if a cell phone is in use, whether it's for cheating or just disruption, WHAM. Never happen, though.