
Why the ‘human capital theory’ era of education is over

We don't need more people optimizing. We need people who can think. This means revaluing curiosity across institutions. It means reinvesting in education that rewards exploration, not just performance. It means electing leaders who are willing to ask questions, not just recite talking points. And it means giving students permission to study the wor... See more
One thing we do know is that students will need to be adaptable. The jobs they’ll hold might not even exist today, and the tools they’ll use are likely to evolve at great speed. Therefore, instead of trying to guess which specific skills will matter in twenty years, educators should focus on building students’ capacity to learn and adapt continuous
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An education must prepare a student to ask and explore questions in contexts that do not yet exist. That is, we need individuals capable of tackling problems they have never encountered and to ask questions no one has yet thought of.
Dana Ernst