The end of one-size-fits-all?

"One-size-fits-all was never the right way to educate kids or serve families."

That's Michael B. Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of From Reopen to Reinvent, on the latest episode of the OpenEd podcast.

It's 2024. You can customize everything from your coffee order to your car's playlist. So why are kids still stuck in a one-size-fits-all classroom?

Imagine Amazon only sold one product, or Netflix had just one show. It sounds ridiculous, but that's how we've been doing education for a century.

Horn argues that while big changes are happening, the transition won’t take place overnight. You’ll have to tune in to find out why.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why the current education system is so resistant to change (it's more complex than you think)

• How Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are driving an "unbundling" of education (and OpenEd is accelerating it)

• The importance of building sustainable, innovative models outside the existing system

The future of education is already here; it’s just unevenly distributed.

Education Savings Accounts are opening doors, while other models (like OpenEd) are helping families realize that they can craft a unique learning journey for each child.

Check out the full episode (or read a short and sweet summary) here.

– Isaac