It is doubtful that laws would improve things much. The problem is that most people go into teaching because they couldn't hack it in the real world. And liberals especially love to tell others how superior their policies are - without having to face the proof of consequences as exposed in the real world. It's the same reason you don't find too many small business owners who are flaming liberals because they quickly find out the math behind a $15/hour minimum wage makes staying in business really hard.

The real problem is that now everyone has tacitly accepted that the college degree is a standard need for employment. Educators (and government) have colluded to manufacture a market for higher education. And they've put in a very convincing marketing campaign to persuade businesses that they should only hire a college-educated person, and the government-run lower (k-12) education that they need to push kids to get ready to go to college.

A century ago, the only people who went to college were those trying to get advanced education such as that needed for business, the legal profession, or the medical profession. Everyone else did an apprenticeship - learning on the job. People actually became experts in their profession of choice (apprentices -> journeymen -> masters) by doing the job. Diplomas somehow became accepted as a shortcut to certify that someone who came out of school could do the same thing minus the experience!

I'd like to see the education system go back to emphasizing actual experience rather than simply encourage the entitlement brought on by a piece of paper. (And just FYI, but I have the pieces of paper...)

mm, maybe thats the answer. I already deleted CNN from my car radio channels, and I never watch or listen to CNBC or MSNBC or any other mainstream channel. Fox is better, but they sensationalize things to get me to waste my time listening too

LOL, I have heard many ,many times "I wish I had your memory".
The funny thing is my memory gets more acute as time passes.
My mom caught on when I was a toddler. I would always ask questions. She would make up some kind of answer. I would recant this new knowledge at another time and place. She would say I didn't tell you that and I would remind her of when and why I asked, after a handful of those awkward moments . mom figured she wouldn't make up answers she didn't know. She would say "I don't know" if she didn't.
Something weird happened in second grade during this testing event at school . From that point on "you are not working up to your potential"