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As much as we criticize the current system, we work hard to succeed to acquire the status it unlocks. Status is one of the main reasons why degrees from a handful of selective top-branded universities, which are only accessible after students have gone through at least 12 years of the factory-model education, still attract the majority of the stude... See more

“The schoolhouse I envision would be very different [from the conventional schools] in this regard. Because I would stress the connections and the continuity among concepts, there would be no brick walls between one “subject” and the next. Since learning would be self-paced and self-motivated, there would be no ticking clock telling students when t... See more

“We’re so hung up on the challenges of running the massive education system and failing to pinpoint the problem.”

The percentage of top-performing students in reading and Maths decreased despite the large increases in funding in education in Australia

$1.6 trillion of student loan debt in the US in 2019

Stress-related to education is the top cause of suicides among children in Korea

The value of outstanding loans of students in England at the end of March 2019 reached £121 billion

These numbers don’t just illustrate that the belief is global. They also show how we’re NOT allocating enough resources to question the limitations of our age-based, one-way, centralized education system.

“Today [the education system] retains throw-back elements from pre-industrial society. Yet the whole idea of assembling masses of students (raw material) to be processed by teachers (workers) in a centrally located school (factory) was a stroke of industrial genius.” — Alvin Toffler in the Future Shock