Eliminate the standardized testing that stifles critical thinking skills. Make literacy, history and economics the focus of the public curriculum. Encourage competition through school choice. As a former Camden, NJ high school history teacher I understand how badly our current system fails our students while bankrupting taxpayers."A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?" -George Washington