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10. Dale J. Stephens
CEO, UnCollege
- What he covers: Self-directed learning and the future of education.
- His background: The 23-year-old dropped out of school at 12 and then again in his first year of college, later becoming a Thiel Fellow. He now runs Uncollege, whose Gap Year program offers high school grads an alternative to a more traditional education.
- What 'unschooling' means: "You’ll find that unschooling isn’t about doing away with school at all. It’s about supporting self-directed learning and lifelong learning in general," he wrote on LinkedIn.
- Top comment on a post: "I wish [schools] would give maybe six months [off] after every block of 3-4 academic years. Then, the students could do a bit of self-directed learning as well as refresh themselves."