Banking and antitrust legislation contribute to a less attractive environment for international trade. But education, most notably K-12, is the number one constraint to our continued success in the world. Operational efficiency is not, in and of itself, effective strategy . But it helps. The system is now a budgetary black hole.
Structure follows strategy .
As long as the mission of the public school system is social vs. educational, it will never change. Never build a strategy on weakness . The term well rounded often denotes fecklessness. Focus is a consequence of decisions about what not to do. Effective strategy requires a committed team .