A proposal to restructure educational systems on the basis of theoretical assumptions about the essence of education. Yoram Harpaz was born on Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot. A teacher and journalist, he is a fellow of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership where he served as principal, and a director of programs at the Branco Weiss Institute. In recent years he has been lecturing at Beit Berl College. He wrote a doctoral dissertation on the development of thinking at Harvard University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published books and articles on the goals of education, teaching, and learning. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx