The Problem with Education Today

It’s 2020, and the world is experiencing a pandemic the likes of which have never been experienced before. People are actually encouraged to stay home and refrain from socializing, can you believe it? Goodbye travel, so long random meet ups with friends, and hugging and kissing? Don’t even think about it!

The point is that with countries shutting down their borders, cities on lockdown, and the global economy at risk, everyone is being affected. The education industry is no different. Schools at all levels have closed in an effort to contain the virus, affecting approximately 1.5 billion students — that’s roughly 90% of the world’s enrolled learners.

The Problem

Despite the evolution and so-called modernization of the education industry, schools are not adapting fast enough to the changing landscape of society. Case in point, this mad scramble to keep education going during COVID-19 is just one example of how far behind these critical institutions are.

Even with the integration of technology, schools seem to be unable to break away from their Industrial Age roots of rote learning and memorization. In an earlier essay titled, The Education…