Our educational system; is it failing us?

What is going on? Well during this free choice blog I will write about education. The movie "Waiting for Superman" has created quite a stir in the education community. Many educators are taking offense to it, many parents applaud it, myself- I haven't seen it yet but have heard quite a bit about it.
Interesting enough many are criticizing the United States public educational systems. They state that our standardized tests scores are lousy, very low compared to those of other countries. Many politicians are constantly using public education as their platform promising to fix the "system". Well, my take on it, is that despite the complaints, this country houses the best university of the world. Looking at the top 20 you can see that we are still a country to reckon with "educationally". Top 20 Universities/colleges of the world.
Despite our great accomplishments here, there is constant bickering and complaining on how our children are failing- and guess what - the teachers are labeled as the ones responsible for this. In the advertisement of the movie it states: "Waiting for "Superman" is an inspiring call for reform and includes special chapters that provide resources, ideas, and hands-on suggestions for improving the schools in your own community as well as throughout the nation." Check out the trailer:
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The movie portrays teachers' union as one of the mayor culprits behind the "failing" public educational system. In a letter to the press, Randi Weingarten, the American Teacher's Union president, wrote the film portrays "teachers and teachers unions as the villains, and charter schools as heroes ready to save the day. The problem is that these caricatures are more fictional than factual"(click here to read article).
It seems that everyone is blaming everyone for everything. No one wants to assume responsibility for anything. Our world is becoming a chaotic place to live in. Financially, socially, educationally and environmentally we are out of control. The problem I see, is that everyone points to the problems but they do not offer a solution!