School Should Be Structured Like A Newspaper

Newspapers evolved to serve literate adults. The first mass-published newspapers had no specific audience other than people who could read. In a world where literacy is unquestioningly demanded, that means everyone.

Which just happens to be very similar to school’s purpose. While schools evolved to create literate adults, newspapers evolved to serve them.

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