Taking public money from one public purpose - public schools - to spend
it on a dubious public purpose - space development - is a non-starter.
Here's how we should proceed;

Also, while schools can be improved, they are not the shambles you make
them out to be. Millions of people are well educated each year by it,
and tens of millions of people are adequately educated each year by it
- sufficient to maintain the US as one of the greatest nations on
Earth. People come here in part for our excellent colleges and free
universal education.

Nevertheless, here is a list of things that would benefit schools
directly if adopted;

IN SCHOOLS - send money back to the parents in the form of vouchers
who then have the right to spend it how they wish, where they wish -
allow schools to compete for these resources
- require schools to follow accounting procedures
businesses must follow and publish the results of this record keeping
- require schools to keep track of their
performance and accurately report this publicly - just as food
producers must tell you what you are getting, schools should to.
- require schools to operate 12 months out of the
year - with 4 hour days - schools are not baby sitters, schools are not
providers of health care, food, or other parental services - and
children no longer help with harvest - ending antiquated notions will
improve capital efficiency of schools and improve the quality of
service rendered.
- change work rules and other bureaucratic
limitations that restrict education automation - release the power of
the internet to provide constant learning to all learners - and provide
lifelong learning opportunities to all who desire them - it is not the
role of schools to make sure text book publishers and others maintain a
profit.
- reduce or eliminate taxes to those who make
money by investing in education innovation

Our space program needs significant changes- here is what would release
the power of the market to fund development of core space technology

SPACE - convert NASA to a service organization meeting the needs of
qualified commercial space operators
- use NASA libraries and labs to support this service role
- making it available to all qalified users and operators
- allow the commercial leasing of space bodies and
interplanetary and cislunar space - lease payments support NASA
operations
- provide for reduced or elimiated taxes to investors in
new space technologies

The market would then take the lead in creating ever greater space
faring capacities.

At this point, the power of the market will create the needed changes
in delivery of education.