Okay...but prior to this announcement 12 years has worked just fine for many Americans. What has changed within the last few years to make Biden make such a statement? Since most people are able to succeed with at least 12 years of public education, the problem doesn't lie within the amount of time spent in education, but rather it is the failure of the education system to teach meaningful and applicable topics during their time in schools. This absurd push to make students take these bogus/non-important and utterly stupid elective courses which serve no purpose other than to make children aware that there are obscure/weird areas of study that nobody cares about and contributes nothing to society. They are a joke and a waste of time and money. Schools have literally become daycares for teens that keep them occupied until it is time to go home and over the course of all that time they barely learn anything useful and aren't even encouraged to do it. Why don't you fix that first "President" Biden. I think it will make a larger difference than you think (who am I kidding this guy doesn't have the ability to think).