one other idea i was just thinking about at higher education levels is to escrow tuition costs and only pay them to teachers if a student earns more than their expected salary had they started work after high school

Abolish teachers unions. Smaller school districts. Expel juvenile delinquents 

Bell_curve

for sure. if you had to design a better education system with skin in the game, what would it look like?

culture

Skin In The Game

Interesting thought experiment!

> the big issues that society faces

One of the biggest - judged by how often it comes up as a _cause_ of these issues - must be a lack of quality education?

So, if we can figure out a way to have skin in _**that**_ game, we could potentially resolve a lot of other issues at the same time. 