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‘What kind of adult do we hope the child becomes?’, then work backward from that.

Let’s not ask what the child can do, but tends to do. Let’s make sure the student can read and write–and wants to. Let’s see that the student can think critically–then does.

We’re already looking at the possibility of widespread smart houses, autonomous cars and artificial intelligence that can talk to us and work on our behalf. Our parents’ and grandparents’ curriculum won’t be sufficient.