I don't agree with everything in this video from Robert Reich, but I agree that nothing is more important to our future than improving the education system.

Salon.com: Why schools matter more than Wall Street, 2010-May-3, by Robert Reich

What our kids learn — America’s human capital — is more important to our economy than Wall Street’s financial capital.

In
addition, we should rebalance the economy away from finance and toward
people. Congress should enact a small one-half of one percent transfer
tax on all financial deals. This might slow down Wall Street a bit but
generate $200 billion a year for our public schools and universities.