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change the tax code. Do not give parents exemptions and deductions per dependent as they are growing.
Give it to them , retroactively, when the kids have completed , at minimum, some post secondary education or training. Given the $300 median wage gap b/w college and high school grads, and no doubt some gap for post secondary training completed, they would now have provided the ROI for the nation to have earned the credits for raising them correctly.
And if you really really really want to improve educational results get your crap together before you bring life into this world then teach your child to never rely on anyone but themselves and those that truly love them.
If you need a tax incentive to raise your child correctly you've already lost.
if you REALLY want to improve education in this country, then get the federal government COMPLETELY out of the education system in this country. its the feds that keep pushing the social programs on education. leave education to the states where it belongs.
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