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My latest essay in Wired (9/09) argues that the best way to reform schools is to have them emulate geek culture, where popularity and braininess (or, at least, obsession) go hand in hand.This quote in particular—about schools that have figured it out—seems to be resonating among the educators who have emailed me:
“A big chunk of the school experience is having them hang out with the adults they could imagine becoming,” says private-equity manager Tom Vander Ark, former head of education investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a onetime school superintendent. “A big high school has a youth-owned culture. You’ve got to break that.”
Full essay can be found here: Revenge of the Nerds
