YOU SAID:
The school system is a failure
INTO JAPANESE
学校制度は失敗している
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the school system is failing
INTO JAPANESE
学校制度は破綻している
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the school system is broken
INTO JAPANESE
学校制度は壊れている
BACK INTO ENGLISH
the school system is broken
That didn't even make that much sense in English.