I absolutely agree with this article. I have always found that the education system is so square, too fast for some, too slow for others and all around lacking of real significant content.
And yeah it has a little of socialism, or even comunism, in the sense that they expect that each individual shares the same abilities and learning rate. Einstein once said, "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." So the way that schools teach doesn't really fit with the characteristics of many people.
There's different types of intelligents and each person have different combinations of those, so a more personalized approach would allow that everyone could reach their true potential.
I think I read once about the 'Spectrum project', which aboards all of this as an experimental educational model and I just think it would really bring a positive impact into our society if this became something worldspread.
Definitely, this article is so on point. We need to start thinking out of the box and letting that both the teachers and the students invest their passion and effort in creating a really efective learning process.