SHU Cohort X

Our ability to learn whatever we want, whenever we want, from whomever we want is rendering the linear, age-grouped, teacher-guided curriculum less and less relevant

“The digital divide used to be about the hardware haves and have-nots,” she said. “What we’re seeing now is that it’s less about who has hardware, but who has access to information; who has those problem-solving skills. And that’s going to be the digital divide that we’re going to see in the future … the ability to deal with information.”

This year, to me, it felt like there was a deepening at work. People weren't running around as much for what's new. Many of the people I talked to were looking to figure out how to make sense of what they already had learned.

Continuous, Relevant, Adaptive

The schools are expected to be a boon for students who are bored or unchallenged in traditional schools and could benefit students who cannot attend regular school because of a medical condition, expulsion, or incarceration, among other reasons.