In a TED Talk that has been viewed over 2 million times, Efosa Ojomo of the Clayton Christensen Institute made the provocative case that corruption is not the problem holding poor countries back. Corruption is the solution for people in poor countries to make progress when facing scarcity around basic needs like food, education, health care, economic opportunity, and jobs.
The real problem? A lack of better options to make progress.
There’s a similar phenomenon in education.
Cheating isn’t the problem holding schools back.
It’s a solution for students to make progress in an education system that has been built around a zero-sum mindset designed to sort students rather than develop every child’s full potential.
Before you click away, let me explain further.
