United States public education, as most everyone knows, is a train wreck. From what little I've read about European and Asian education, they do have public school, however it is decentralized. The money follows the students. Thus the students parents' can choose which school to send their children to, forcing the schools to compete. Hence, excellent public education. In the united states, no such competition occurs, because of the entrenched Teacher's union and the department of education. So much for the land of the free.
I'd like to know what our European and Asian friends on this website think about education and how it should work. Is it decentralized in your country (does the money follow the student, or does it just go to each school)?