Are schooling and education the same thing? No way, says Zachary Slayback, who encourages the cultivation of entrepreneurship skills in place of the passive experience of traditional schooling. Almost nothing we’ve come to believe about education goes unchallenged in this provocative discussion.
About the Guest
Zachary Slayback is co-founder and business development director of Praxis.
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Guest’s Book Discussed
The End of School: Reclaiming Education from the Classroom
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