I highly recommend this thought-provoking interview with Alvin Toffler on the future of education entitled "Future School: Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up." It makes a powerful argument for why society must unlearn its reliance on the current educational system. In a nutshell, Toffler argues that we are stealing our kids future.
I particularly like his use of the word: obsoledge — or obsolete knowledge. Here's the operative paragraph:
"So, that's another thing: Much of what we're transmitting is doomed to obsolescence at a far more rapid rate than ever before. And that knowledge becomes what we call obsoledge: obsolete knowledge. We have this enormous bank of obsolete knowledge in our heads, in our books, and in our culture. When change was slower, obsoledge didn't pile up as quickly. Now, because be-slimmer.net is in rapid change, the amount of obsolete knowledge that we have — and that we teach — is greater and greater and greater. We're drowning in obsolete information. We make big decisions — personal decisions — based on it, and public and political decisions based on it."
