What is Education For?

Recently discovered the RSA Animate stable of fascinating videos: talks with white-board cartoon drawings that illustrate a 10-minute precis of lectures ranging from education to capitalism and other economic issues.

Here is one of my favourite by Sir Ken Robinson called "Changing Education Paradigms":

And here's me with my children + friends, changing some education paradigms of our own:

Boo to "Batching!"
Children from 6 to 11 prepare to board
an imaginary LCV for re-enacting the D-Day landings.