Eric E Castro

Urban sprawl is bad; intellectual sprawl is good

Here is a radical truth: school doesn’t have a monopoly on learning. More and more people are declining traditional education and college degrees. Instead they’re getting the knowledge, training, and inspiration they need outside of the classroom.

— <p>Kio Stark, <a href=“http://www.kiostark.com/dont-go-back-to-school/" title=“kiostark.com”>Don’t Go Back to School</a>.</p> <p>Education is changing; for anyone who is not entirely in denial or completely oblivious to changes in the field, this fact is fairly obvious. It’s certainly scary, as a classroom teacher who has dedicated his professional life to something so in-flux — but, it’s also exciting. What I’ve got to do is figure out how I remain a “teacher” when traditional schooling is no longer the default…</p>