From an article in the Sun Herald in Australia… seems that at least one school is biting the bullet and going for a radical rethink of school…
E-volution of education
A 24-HOUR school with no traditional classrooms and where students
use mobile phones and laptops to learn is being built in Sydney.Designers of the Catholic school for 1700 pupils say it will keep
students interested ‘and reduce truancy and behavioural problems.Pupils from kindergarten to year 12 can attend the school- being
built at Stanhope Gardens, in Sydney’s north-west between 6am and
10pm.They can have access to their work and lesson material at anytime on
the Internet and staff will provide online tutorials from 8pm to l0pmThe traditional classroom concept will disappear, replaced
by “learning spaces”, the school will be referred to as a “learning
community” and teachers will be known as “learning advisers” said
Greg Whitby, executive director of schools in the Parramatta diocese.“The walls of a classroom become redundant because students are able
to access real time, any-time learning.” he said.THE SUN-HERALD October 8, 2006 p. 39
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