Is education not the one thing which, once fixed, would soon fix all else? What would it take to truly fix education?
Like other problems that require two sides, ask for the change from those who can offer it, and do your side of the deal before they have done theirs.
What that means here: ask business owners and people with knowledge to teach, and support those who would — and hopefully will — do that teaching, not by “supporting local,” but by consuming local.