Education reform ideas, starting with least radical:
1. Outside USA, get rid of "early specialization" in high-school/uni and switch to US flexible, liberal-arts system
2. Outside UK, switch to UK-style short degrees (3 year BA, 1 year MA, 3 year PhD)
1. Outside USA, get rid of "early specialization" in high-school/uni and switch to US flexible, liberal-arts system
2. Outside UK, switch to UK-style short degrees (3 year BA, 1 year MA, 3 year PhD)
3. Expand coding, CS, AI, and data science through the whole education system. It’s the new “reading, writing, arithmetic."
4. Allow BA degrees by open examination (fee = wage for examiner to grade the papers). Allow PhD by open submission of thesis.
4. Allow BA degrees by open examination (fee = wage for examiner to grade the papers). Allow PhD by open submission of thesis.
5. PhD not required to be academic (e.g. require 2-3 year masters instead as in old UK system)
(Getting more radical...)
6. Reduce age segregation in school and uni. Most important, normalize people starting uni (or uni-level colleges) aged 14-18.
(Getting more radical...)
6. Reduce age segregation in school and uni. Most important, normalize people starting uni (or uni-level colleges) aged 14-18.
7. Big expansion of hands-on building/creating things. Science labs, hackerspaces, textiles, art, video-editing, software (no-code + coding). Reduce health and safety strictures.
8. Big expansion of work experience programs, internships, apprenticeships. Normalize the idea that under 18s can do real work, and can learn as much from work as from school.
9. More open/flexible system of teaching in (high) schools. Allow professionals in other fields or retirees to teach part-time (without needing a degree in education etc). Let them teach their knowledge, rather than a rigid curriculum. If not teaching, let them act as mentors.
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