Education is one of the fundamental pillars of a technologically advanced, forward thinking societies. Unfortunately, the focus on test scores has taken curriculum and teaching further away from the basic tethers to reality and the reasons for learning more abstract thought. If we are to address the problems laid out in a paper as old as I am, that our failing education system is a threat to national security, we will have to start focusing on education which starts from actual physical principles and moves toward everything considered abstract in a more concrete way. This means investing in educating teachers and ensuring they understand the principles they are teaching and how they are firmly rooted in the practical.
One of the necessary prerequisites for education is stability in one's household. If a student is so caught up in worrying if they will have food, when they'll be able to study in between doing all the household chores, watching their siblings and/or kids, or if they'll be able to make enough