going a massive transfor

mation as a result of 

the digital revolution. This tran

sformation is similar to the tr

ansition from apprenticeship to 

universal schooling that occurred in the 19

th

 century as a result of the 

industrial revolution. In the 

apprenticeship era, most of what people learned 

occurred outside of school. Universal schooling 

led people to identify learning with school, but now the identification of

 the two is unraveling. 

All around us people are learning with the ai

d of new technologies: 

children are playing 

complex video games, workers are interacting w

ith simulations that put them in challenging 

situations, students are taking courses at online high schools and colleges, and adults are 

consulting Wikipedia. New technologies create learning opportuni

ties that challenge traditional 

schools and colleges. These new le

arning niches enable people of

 all ages to pursue learning on 

their own terms. People around the world are taki

ng their education out of

 school into homes, 

libraries, Internet cafes, and workplaces, where th

ey can decide what they want to learn, when 

they want to learn, and how they want to learn. 

Who will benefit ultimately from this revolution? In America there is a commercial push 

to sell educational products to consumers who are 

looking for an edge up in the race for success. 

This means that technological products and services are popping up all over the American 

landscape. Education, once viewed 

as a public good with equal acce

ss for all, is now up for sale 

to those who can afford specialized 

services and computer programs. 

We think schools have served America and the world very well. We greatly admire the 

teachers who have dedicated themselves to help

ing children from different backgrounds to learn 

and thrive in a changing world. Schools have ma

de invaluable contributions to the world’s 

development and we think they will c

ontinue to do so well into the future. 

However, we think it is time that educators 

and policy makers start to rethink education 

apart from schooling. Education is a lifelong enterprise, while schooling for most encompasses 

only ages five to 18 or 21. Even when students 

are in school, much of 

their education happens."
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