What’s the Purpose of K-12 Education in the Age of Automation?

What’s the Purpose of K-12 Education in the Age of Automation?

Daniel Susskind For the past decade, schools have placed significant emphasis on getting students ready for careers. The problem is that it’s not clear what kind of jobs will be available in ten or 20 years. So what should that mean for K-12 teaching?

Daniel Susskind, a fellow in economics at Oxford University, tackled that question—and many others—in his recent book, A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond . In it, he describes a possible future where liberal arts education would take on increasing importance as people look for meaningful ways to spend their time in […]

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