Parental involvement in education of children is a huge factor for the success of children. I think much of the problem really has little to do with the way education is done in the school, and more to do with a cultural shift towards parents believing that all education should be left to the school, dysfunctional home environments, distractions caused by phones, tablets, social media. I think parents themselves are struggling more than ever to parent due to being affected by the same techno-social trends that are affecting children. Now add the problems caused by easy access to LLMs on top of that. This education problem risks more than just loss of job competency, but quality of life of future adults. I'm wondering how this all affects, for instance, the ratio of creators vs. consumers in our society and how this might play into mental health and the "meaning crisis". Perhaps the reason the education system is adapting by lowering its standards is because educators see no other way. This system was always entirely dependent on what goes on in the home to be sending well prepared children into it, and now the system is adapting to more children who are sent to school lacking in preparation and a productive attitude and habits to thrive. I see some parents on here who laugh and claim "well my children are just fine" and I think this just illustrates that those children who go to university and who are the top 10%... the reason they exist, despite the fact that they go through the same education system as everyone else, is that they were raised differently, and for these children, they will do well regardless of how you shape the education system, because their parents will ensure they do.