The school system needs to focus more on knowledge than how much work you can churn out in any period of time.
If you need to learn a skill for some class, what should matter is the ability to do the skill. Otherwise just producing knowledge should be enough.
School also needs to teach respect and universal life skills instead of focusing on college and career planning.
The school system needs to focus on being a safe place to have political discussion, not a place to be indoctrinated. All ideas should be talked about and discussed.
School also needs to account for disability and different learning methods. School can’t be a one size fits all situation. What works for one kid doesn’t necessarily work for the next.
Ideally nobody should have to drop out because school doesn’t work for them.