[adamsea]

School has played a socialization role for kids and a role in the community - teachers have often been role models, and education has often extended beyond the subjects taught, to, at its best, teaching deeper life skills.

And then of course there are various troubled or at-risk populations of students where no amount of educational technology will help because they come from broken homes and underserved communities.

This is not to denigrate the idea of Education Startups, but rather, to point out the broader scope of "education".