Rutger Bregman: ‘What if we give children the freedom to play and learn on their own?’
by Rutger Bregman from on (#56YGN)
A school with no classrooms, homework or grades encourages creativity and imagination, rather than an ability to sit still and nod
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In many places around the world, education has become something to be endured. A new generation is learning to run a rat race where the main metrics of success are your resume and your pay cheque - a generation less inclined to colour outside the lines, less inclined to dream or to dare, to fantasise or explore.
Can schools operate on a wholly different view of human nature? What if we give children much more freedom to play and learn on their own?
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