Anyone who cares about this subject should read Ivan Illich's "Deschooling Society".

http://ournature.org/~novembre/illich/1970_deschooling.html

He was ahead of his time and died in 2002, but his time is now. His ideas on "Learning Webs" and "Conviviality" are a goldmine for any startup not wanting to get rich but to actually help the world.