Opportunities in Education

Platforms for Homeschool: Underlying homeschool is the belief that students/parents understand what's best for them better than politicians do. Students/parents set their own goals & curriculum. 10% of families today say they'd homeschool if it was easier; if we're currently at 3%, there's room for new entrants.

School kills the creativity out of their students.

Well, first off, education should be fun! The best way to learn a subject is by first getting passionate about it. But in school, they make you start with knowledge & statistics and assume passion will follow.

Upskilling: Employers are the new educators. Universities aren't positioned to do the upskilling since they're not connected to the skills needed in the workforce

As it relates to education, here's my request for startups as it stands today:

Schools are more value investors than venture capitalists. Rather than incentivize risky crazy ideas that have asymmetric upside, schools are trying to reduce risk and do everything they can to prevent children from suffering, like medicating a child for mild ADD.

Peer learning: How can education learn from the success of behavior change organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or weight watchers? How can the social pressure from others around us make us more likely to study, learn new things, and do things we wouldn't otherwise do on our own? (e.g. Microverse)

Continuous education: We need some version of SoulCycle, but for learning, something community-driven where people feel it as a piece of their identity.

Cloud powered schools: Reinvent school from scratch, incorporating the right technology, infrastructure, and best practices to build low cost schools with consistent quality at scale. (e.g. bridgeinternationalacademies.com)