I've only read the first page of
This article, but i'm interested in reading what follows. Education is something I spend a lot of my time thinking about, mostly along the lines og how it's generally botched these days. I dispute trhe claim one official makes on page one the highschool gives some kind of a 'shared experience' that 'brings people together.' if I recall, highschool was rather divisive more often than not, and the alternatives they present seem like they would provide for much more of a 'shared experience' for the students involved. Schedule in some inter-school dances and events and you could even get the Jocks from one school to mingle with the Geeks at another school without having to force them to conform to the same scholastics.
Just a thought. One more bookmark I need to get back to once I find time...