Clearly you've not volunteered nor worked closely with schools lately. Much of what you tout is already done. Schools are being innovative in the face of extremely difficult challenges. Studies show most students who don't graduate state family issues as the reason. Schools can't fix every social problem. In Mat-Su, you have to really want to drop out, we have multiple safety nets. Government is not business and cannot be run like one. By the way, the USPS would be fine if it did not have unrealistic fiscal mandates from Congress, ones even private business is not held to.