Title: Schools Are Outdated. It's Time For Reform - Foundation for Economic Education
Headings: Schools Are Outdated. It's Time For Reform
Schools Are Outdated. It's Time For Reform
Let Children Be Children and Enhance Their Minds
Learning Styles
Educational Stagnation
Testing Is Outdated
Potential Solutions
Paul Boyce

Content: Some children are best suited to learn through visual stimulation. Others may learn best through hands-on education. The reality is that the current educational system doesn't really accommodate any learning style, nor does it aim for anything other than high test scores. Let Children Be Children and Enhance Their Minds
Children rarely are allowed to be children. Play is stifled. Students are crammed into a classroom and taught in a standardized way. Creativity is restricted. They aren't allowed to harness their inquisitive minds. Questioning things is part of the analytic mind and a key to societal development, but this takes a backseat to examinations. The very nature of tests relies on memorization, repetition, and regurgitation: