Number 1 is dead on. Whole language is the most asinine approach to reading I think one could create.

My oldest literally had teachers correcting her for attempting to use the phonics I'd taught her at home.

Number 2 is solid also.

#3&4 are meh. They are issues, but not as big as the first two.

#5.....YEP

#6..oh my God yes. When the frick did we start doing this BS of being "almost" right? Hell, they have actual math worksheets where the kid doesn't even have to attempt to get the dead right answer.

#7. Yep. It's sad but I'd say that for the entire duration of my oldest's schooling, across 5 different school districts, I felt as if I was in direct competition with the school for my child's heart. I won.

I'd like to say #8 is true, but the real truth is, my child was in some excellent school districts(supposedly) with parents who "cared" and at any given parent's day, you MIGHT see 25% of the parents. Parent's can't affect schools because most are too busy not giving a frick and the school districts know it.

#9 is absolutely true. I look at what the required programs to become a teacher and I literally laugh. They aren't training teachers. They're training little leftbots.

All of the above said, let me say something even as someone who has major issues with our public schools.

There are MANY problems that are reflected in results that are literally out of the school's hands.

For example. My two younger children(ages 6&4) both already meet all the state requirements to have completed 1st grade. This is not because they are natural born geniuses. It's because they have parents who give a frick. And hell, we really don't do all we could.

Meanwhile, there are many kids in my 6 year old's class who arrived unable to read a single word or count past 10(if they could count to 10).

I don't know how teachers overcome apathetic or illiterate parents.