Listen: what schools could look like in 2050

As many children return to the classroom this week, what will it be like in the year 2050?

Downloading information directly into your brain and genetic testing to tailor the right studies for you could be less than 30 years away and look very different from the classrooms we see today.

That’s according to a new white paper that has predicted what the future of education might look like in the not-too-distant future.

The predictions, which are part of “The End of School as You Know It: Education in 2050” white paper has been created by leading online tutoring provider and education platform, GoStudent in collaboration with renowned futurist, Tracey Follows, to unveil what classrooms will look like in just 27 years’ time with predictions signaling the end of school as we know it.

Aston spoke to futurist and author Tracey Follows.

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