How do you feel about your (or your child's) school experience?

Do you think schools are challenging students to do their best? Are we teaching students to think and analyze? There must be schools out there that are doing an amazing job of staying focused on educational methods that are developmentally appropriate and are keeping children engaged and enthusiastic about learning. It would be so nice to hear some GOOD NEWS about education in America. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?