So this is a radical proposition. What if learning in schools was real?
It’s the question: Why should schools engage students in any learning that doesn’t immediately benefit what is currently happening in the community? Why couldn’t they become literate in reading, communication, math, technology, science, history, arts, and life skills while contributing to what the community is already engaged in?
They would actually learn what the community was engaged in. Businesses, health care, construction, gardening, public services, arts and crafts. You name it. And yes for those who honestly believe that learning is impossible outside the classroom, they could do this learning and contributing in classrooms. Or not.
