On schools: I agree that it would be interesting to have many types of schools. However, it doesn’t seem like an ecosystem that could work. Schools don’t have strong feedback mechanisms, and for there to be different types of schools there needs to be different types of communities that these schools are serving. The current model of schools is not merely a top-down imposition, but is the evolved form the school given a larger social system.
There can only be different types of schools, when we form communities with different sets of needs.
Charter, Private, and Public schools are usually very similar. Sometimes schools do something interesting with their curriculum… usually not though. I think the place to look for different types of education are Special Education, Gifted Education, Online Learning, Homeschooling, Boarding School, and Hybrid schools. Each of these form themselves to serve a particular kind of people.
On schools: I agree that it would be interesting to have many types of schools. However, it doesn’t seem like an ecosystem that could work. Schools don’t have strong feedback mechanisms, and for there to be different types of schools there needs to be different types of communities that these schools are serving. The current model of schools is not merely a top-down imposition, but is the evolved form the school given a larger social system.
There can only be different types of schools, when we form communities with different sets of needs.
Charter, Private, and Public schools are usually very similar. Sometimes schools do something interesting with their curriculum… usually not though. I think the place to look for different types of education are Special Education, Gifted Education, Online Learning, Homeschooling, Boarding School, and Hybrid schools. Each of these form themselves to serve a particular kind of people.