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Good point....but education is not only about theory. At school you learn to interact, socialize with peopl of your age and grow together while having same issues.. There are other reasons for educating from school being much better than YouTube. One of which is discipline (this helps youngsters to be ready for a job)

Of course the above might not relate to your question, if your point is the content of lessons taught at schools.

As long as you are learning, and getting information from some place. All they need to do now is add homework, quizzes, and tests to YouTube, or something interactive online. They still need to make sure you are learning it and still need a way to assign you a grade.

At work I just Google everything. Yet some things are behind paywalls (journal articles are not cheap!). Fortunately, my organization has memberships on many sites so I get articles for free. Also, some information is in older books that are not digitized. We do not have a library, unfortunately, and I am too lazy to go seek out one. But if I can find the PDF file online I am set!

I know about YouTube lectures. A year ago I watched a bunch of free lectures on YouTube by some famous physicist, and learned about the general theory of relativity. Fascinating stuff! Yet people still need to be paid! If everything moves online they might have to start charging us to watch!

There need to be computer classes where students are taught how to make a more effective search by understanding how Google and other engines index things. Students should also know basic keyboard shortcuts and troubleshooting skills such as what to do if you get malware or if software is broken. Tech illiteracy is a huge problem in a world where almost everyone owns a computer.

At school they train minds to think. Real experience comes from observation.