If you want more students to leave school with good academic outcomes: Don't change the curriculum Don't change the way students are assessed Don't introduce modular exams Don't re-introduce and widen coursework Don't force children into making life choices at ever-younger ages Don't make me do project based learning Don't lower expectations for students who happen to be from poor backgrounds Don't introduce screen-based exams Don't try and make everything easier Don't "something something AI" Instead: Improve the schools. All of them. Some by a bit, some by a lot. There are thousands of schools in this country for whom drastic improvement is within reach and perfectly possible. If those schools improve, more of their students will leave with better outcomes. If they don't improve, then whatever tinkering or reform you do with the curriculum or assessments doesn't mean anything. You're just covering up the problem, and pretending it doesn't exist. Improve. The. Schools. All of them. >