We need to talk!

I've just begun reading the book "The Global Achievement Gap" by Tony Wagner. The book discusses education in a very deep way. What caught my attention was the fact that the author was a high school teacher and his educational views are from a teacher who gets students that have spent years in school but are without the skills they need to become well-prepared professionals and citizens.
Since I'm in early childhood education, I work hard on helping my little ones to develop basic skills such as eye-hand coordination, reading and writing. I help them to begin their journey through life with ideas on conflict-resolution and critical thinking skills. And considering the educational system in the USA, I just hope that the following years of my children's education will complete the job I've started. Wagner's description of what he's experienced in his years as an educator is amanzingly shocking. The skills that might have been developed by the time a student finishes high shcool are not even close to prepare him for a career and life in society. It is clear that between kindergarten and high school, the school system has failed students. 
The reasons for that failure are many. 
During this month, I'll try to discuss some of them. 
I believe awareness of the real problems is the beginning for real changes in the educational system.
We need to talk!