text: I too have seen incredible results from children who were public schooled. 
  This, along with the remainder of your post, is every bit as true.  Public schools  need better checks and balances.....
  The government has failed at almost every turn when trying to improve the human condition. Education, healthcare, poverty, social engineering, you name it, they screwed it up. 
  Government does not work well in fixing our social ills.