The Future of Education

Public education is another institution that revealed itself to be potentially dangerous to our health during the virus scare of 2020 and 2021. Much harm was wrought by the policies enacted during these years. Little kids being forced to wear masks, and college students being forced to take the vaccine, were policies that now reveal themselves to have been damaging.

The health problems caused by the state are likely to persist for years to come. Just like modern health, public education will become increasingly shunned as we move forward into the future.

There already is a preference for private schooling, and home schooling has gained popularity. This will continue, and there will be calls for less state interference in this field.

My wife and I decided to home school our son at the height of the virus insanity back in 2021, so we have some experience with this, and I think it's clear that home schooling isn't going to be the big thing going forward. It's too time consuming and demanding. Private schooling, with curriculums decided upon by the schools rather than the state is a more likely path.

Home schooling will be additional, as it mostly is today. I plan to give my son instructions when it comes to private finances. There are other things I'll discuss with him as well. This informal exchange of ideas is also education. But it's not something that can replace institutional education.

The overall trend in education will be towards the way things were done prior to the progressive era. We'll have formal education done in schools, and we'll have practical trades learned through apprenticeships. Wherever it makes sense to teach a trade on site, this will be done. Universities will only be used for knowledge that requires formal education.

Businesses may combine college courses with apprenticeships in training of young employees. This will be paid for by the businesses. Few will take a university education with no idea of what to do with it.

With less state interference in education, there will be more choice and more opportunity to streamline and custom fit education to the needs and preferences of parents and student. There won't be a single nationwide curriculum for anything. There will be schools with their own curriculums. Instead of exit exams, there will be entry exams. Colleges and universities will require potential students to prove proficiency in the subjects they are about to take on as students.

None of this will happen overnight. We're talking about trends that will take decades to unfold. But there's no lack of evidence that this is already starting to happen. Distrust in public education is widespread, and those who can afford to do so send their children to private schools.

Fireside education

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