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Erik Lidström

    Erik Lidström is the author of the 2015 book Education Unchained: What it takes to restore schools and learning," recommended by Choice magazine. Erik holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in physics from Uppsala University as well as an MBA from the Open University. After research at the ESRF in Grenoble, he moved to the software industry in 2000. He has worked in Britain, France, Sweden, and Morocco, lately with an interest primarily in complex development processes and organizational issues.

    Recent Articles by Erik Lidström

    • The sad death of vocational education

      The destruction of vocational training is one of the many tragedies wrought by attempts at school reform over the past century. In fact, the destruction of vocational training is one of the