A), the payout, both economic and personal, is greater with college than K-12.
if you don't think someone without the financial ability or desire for lifetime massive debt might be motivated to do better in school, if doing so led to free college for the good, but non top of the class academic scholly possibility student, then we'll disagree on that, as i think it absolutely would.
B), being they are by you "endless", surely you can do better than that, as for "innovation" possibilities.
and what is a Spanish immersion school, and why is it it better than what public schools offer?
My grandkids went to public school.
"what is a Spanish immersion school?" Seriously?