# What's the point of school?

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Podcast: [Two Inconvenient Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-inconvenient-women-7014979)
Published: 2026-05-01T08:00:00+00:00
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Whilst many different models of schooling have evolved across recent history, the predominant mainstream model of school which has prevalence in countries and cultures across the world (spread through colonial history, missionaries and the rapid onset of a globalised world) remains deeply problematic. As the world rapidly changes around us, this structure remains designed around an archaic framing in a world far different from the one we're now living in. So what is the point of school? In this conversation we ask this question from several vantage points: What was the point of school when it was first designed? What is the point of school in our current context? What might the point of school be for the world we're moving into? By diving into each of these questions, we take time to better understand some of the constraints and limitations within the contexts of school which continue to shape the challenges being faced in our current contexts. This week's conversation dives into some of the deep complexities being faced in our current schooling system; zooming out to understand the parameters of limitation and opportunities for evolution and engages with many of the alternative pathways for an education transformation happening across the world. In this episode we reference the following: Changing Education Paradigms - Ken Robinson (RSA Animation) The Factory of Memory - Richard Hames / The Hames Report (substack) Person School Report 2026 (PDF) The Story of Triple WellBeing - Rachel Musson (Ebook) There's an inconvenient movement growing... It's not rebellion, exactly. More of a quiet refusal to look away. We're  inconvenient. And if you feel it, then maybe you are too. Join us. Join The Inconvenient Club from £5 a month. Find out more at www.thoughtboxeduc…

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