Personalized education

By Aurisacrafames. I’m interested in education, as I believe it to be the only way a country can improve its quality of life and standard of living in a sustainable way. I don’t think this is a particularly controversial view – most people would agree. (A lot of the work I did in Innovation Consulting came down to improving the educational system.) The debate starts around what a ‘good education’ entails. In Europe and North America, education policy is set and run largely by governments, local and national. There is little or no experimentation beyond the regulations. There are some exceptions (Sweden, but the company in question has recently pulled back due to a lack of profit), and there is government-sponsored change as well (such as charter/magnet schools, and vouchers), but in general it’s pretty monolithic. Read more...