It is widely recognized that the American educational system has some important shortcomings. These shortcomings are the result of an educational system that is inadequate for today's information based society. This group-based, lock-stepped, graded, and time-oriented system has effectively destroyed the inherent desire of children to learn. In…

Some of the justifiable criticisms of our educational system are due to the inadequacy of the current educational structure for our information society, and the inability of the current system to motivate students to learn. An alternative structure would involve the use of teachers as educational guides, with parents choosing a guide based on…

Discusses structural reforms needed to improve the present public education system and presents a strategy for effecting the needed changes. Highlights include changing educational needs in an information-oriented society; the teacher's role; learning laboratories; developmental levels; students' roles; district organization and administration;…