1. We should increase the variety of schools. We recommend that anyone truly interested in education should be permitted to open a school. Schools should have distinctive characteristics run by dedicated educators with a firm and sound philosophy of education.
2. Children should be allowed to attend schools of their choice.
3. The teacher licensing system should be revised to allow unlicensed people to teach full-time or part-time, providing they have the ability, aptitude and genuine interest in education.
4. Each child should receive an education to match his/her abilities. The present system of school years by age should be less rigid. Students should be allowed to jump classes and slow learners might need to repeat a grade. Children with special talents would benefit greatly if they were allowed to attend advanced classes in these particular fields.
5. We currently have a 6-3-3 system. However, there is nothing wrong with a 6-4-2 or 6-6 or even a 5-4-3 system. The choice should be left to each school.
6. Each school should have its own school entrance examination system. Some schools may decide to accept students on the basis of comprehensive standards of evaluation, including records on such extracurricular activities as cultural, artistic, athletic and community activities.
7. Moral education should be enforced. Students should be held responsible for their own words and actions; they should be kind and considerate toward others; and they should have respect for law, social rules and justice. These rules are indispensable to society's sound progress.

Questions

• What is your opinion of these recommendations?
• Which would you like to see instituted in American schools? Explain.