Clearly the logical way forward is to look at sustainable models based on voluntary cooperative economics, and there are a number examples found practiced today which do not require high levels of (presumably external) investment to get started and which have already been demonstratively effective. One of the best examples of this is found in the economics of free (as in freedom) software, and this is where I think technological-social projects like Ubuntu could have an important role that can effect the real future of families, and not just in enabling education.
