Stupid and educated/motivated aren't the same things. You can be intellectually smart but dumb as a box of rocks at the same time.
This is a very different world from the one that most of us grew up in. We are having a hard time relating to our children, let alone pass on common sense and real learning.
If you rely on the state to educate your kids, you get what you put into them.
If you teach them the basics of life as well as teach them how to think for themselves; then they are better armed than most state educated kids and can at least have a shot at countering the dogmatic education system.
If you home school your kids intelligently, they will out perform ANY state educated system and have better skills than any High School graduate out there. This is proven in study after study.
I love teachers like 85Hokie that stay with the system and try to make it better, but personally, I think it's a losing fight unless they can get administrators that think the same way.
As for math, I am most impressed with the Kahn Academy. If done right, it puts the teachers available for helping the students with the most issues and lets those that know what they are doing help everyone else during 'class time'. The real on-line learning work is done at home.
https://www.khanacademy.org/
