eanjay,
Other posts of yours that I've seen make you sound like a person who has considerable common sense; surely you must know that education systems aren't there to improve people's learning!

Sorry! I realise I'm just an anachronistic throwback. But I did have some success (with assistance) getting activ and representative School Councils, 'evidence-based assessment' and one or two other improvements to learning accepted by the Victorian system before I left it. Uniforms weren't high on our list of priorities at the time, although we were keen to channel most of the energy that could have been spent on fashion into 'higher' things.

Cheers, Rowan