A shoe drops…

Is this the development that will start dismantling the 100 year old system of industrial schooling?

Virtual schools are seeing a dramatic rise in job applications as state officials cut education budgets to battle declining tax revenues

The system we have now–for all its problems–has survived for a long time. I’ve argued that changing economic times demand a change in how we educate young people. And perhaps now the economic changes will shake up the system enough to make that possible?

We saw just recently that venture capital is starting to flow to online education. Perhaps the ground is starting to shift….