My quick response is that it is teacher's unions opposition and their control of public officials that mostly prevents reform of the system

Take their reaction when Dem PA Guv Shapiro supported a form of school choice voucher plan.
Some of the signatory pulbic sector unions of this letter to the Guv are not even education related .

psea.org/issues-action/action-center/voucher-letter/

Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor was harassed for taking stands in support of school choice and other issues. She ended up leaving the Dem party.

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My quick response is that it is teacher's unions opposition and their control of public officials that mostly prevents reform of the system

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That's an enormous part of it. Another area is their desire to control our thinking. By taking over the public school systems and universities, libs have been able to exert great influence over how young people view the world. They are loathe to lose that.