Bill Gates challenges America’s Governors to redesign our nation’s educational system
“By obsolete, I don’t just mean that our high schools are broken, flawed, and under-funded – though a case could be made for every one of those points.
By obsolete, I mean that our high schools – even when they’re working exactly as designed – cannot teach our kids what they need to know today.
Training the workforce of tomorrow with the high schools of today is like trying to teach kids about today’s computers on a 50-year-old mainframe. It’s the wrong tool for the times.
Our high schools were designed fifty years ago to meet the needs of another age. Until we design them to meet the needs of the 21st century, we will keep limiting – even ruining – the lives of millions of Americans every year“. 
I agree with everything Bill has said, having gone to a very good High School where most of the students didn’t avail of the technology made available to them. The American system has always awarded initiative but too often fails to challenge young people. Education is about growing and you grow by being challenged by people who love learning something new everyday.