In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

Excellent article.

You know, we have no idea what the future is going to be like. That means that people are going to have to adapt intelligently. I think the way to do that is teach school students to be competent, self-motivated learners. Does anyone really disagree?

By the way, I think a lot of the opposition to this approach comes from the political parties. The democrats support the education bureaucracies and unions that want to keep things the way they are, and the republicans support right-wing religions that see human nature as basically sinful and so in need of rigid regulation. As for corporations, some want smart workers, others like the fast-food industry want humans who are obedient robots. We have a long fight ahead of us.

It's funny, I totally agree with this. It's like we're actively training kids and computers for the same jobs.

This is an interesting opportunity for developing countries. Invest millions in education redesign now, wait a generation or two and watch billions in economic return as you become a global power independent of your geographic/population size...

Though the headline is depressing and somewhat obvious, the article itself is hopeful and has links to a dozen different experimental schools. Worth a read.