Generation Z: Why school?

I'm not all-in on the unschooling bit, nor on homeschooling as I understand it (which is limited).  However, the democratization of education is becoming fun to watch as awareness of the power of AUTO-EDUCATION grows.

When I read this little Tech & Learning article from Lisa Nielsen a lot of it made sense or just sounded right.  Like,

Alternative education children will be better prepared in life than traditionally schooled: She explains that because of the emphasis on independent investigation, Generation Z will be the first group of knowledge workers who were trained to do their job before they started working.  For example, Generation Z will be great at synthesizing information because they will have been doing that— rather than memorizing—the whole time they were in school.

Doesn't that just sound like straight butter?  Take a look for more...(read on)