Our school system is the most fundamental cause of the social problems that our society faces today.  Traditional methods of compulsory education have managed to isolate the classroom from greater society, stifle creativity, and prohibit children from progressing at their own pace and according to their own needs.  Through reexamining our fundamental beliefs about learning, allowing children to control their own education curriculum, and utilizing modern technology, we can make school more enjoyable, effective, affordable, and tailored to the unique needs of individual students.

School-Reform.net: The school system considered as the most fundamental causes of our modern social problems, and how to change society, beginning with the classroom.

School Reform That Works: All children have a unique personality, and would learn best if they were allowed to develop their own educational programs.

Mindfulness: A Definition: Transcending the mediocre and the negative. Developing patience and focus.

Mindfulness: What It Looks Like: Characteristics of mindful people.

How to Be Mindful: An Introduction: Methods for developing mindfulness; how to cultivate an intense and profound self-awareness, which lies at the heart of an ideal society.

Mindlessness: What it Looks Like: How elaborate buildings conceal the true impairments of the school system.

Mindfulness: How To Develop It Within the Schools: Abandoning the rigid curriculum, getting rid of the pressure, and catering to the needs of the individual students.

The Bottleneck Subjects: High schools need to offer instruction that prepares people for careers as lawyers, doctors, electricians, and plumbers. Trades should be given equal emphasis as academic subjects.

The Mindlessness Of Irrelevancy: Institutional learning is more hindrance than help.  Kids would learn more if they were allowed to learn about the subjects in which they were interested.

Technology In Education Reform: How to use technology to integrate the classroom and the real world.

The Way We Learn: Changing the way we teach to improve the quality of students' learning.

The Transition to Valuable Social Contribution: Fear is a poor tool for motivating students.  What they really need is independence and teachers who care rather than control.

Integrating the Resources of Public Schools and Home Schooling: Combining the flexibility of home schooling with the guidance of teachers to create 'learning centers'.

The Unschooled Mind: Students who excel at academics often are unable to comprehend the basic fundamentals.

The Damaging Effects of Inappropriate Control on our Children:  Research shows how damaging excessive control from the educational system and parents interferes with child development.

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Action: Some concrete steps that you can take to help reform our school system.

Bibliography: A list of books that discuss school reform, and support the conclusions upon which our ideas for educational change are based.