At the outset of the Industrial Revolution, the education system was efficient and practical.  The industries needed huge numbers of people to come in, work for cheap, and follow directions.  No questions, no excuses, no innovation.  I call this The Old Machine, and these people were the cogs that made it run.  The education system was efficient because it taught people to memorize information, follow instructions, and speak when spoken to.  It manufactured cogs.

But The Old Machine is rusted and mostly abandoned.  This is a good thing, if we embrace it.

The New Machine is decentralized, mobile, and flexible.  It doesn’t need cogs, it needs innovative minds.  And it rewards these innovative minds graciously.  The New Machine replaced More >