Michael Horn argues that the old model of school preparing students for factory jobs no longer works. Today's global economy demands higher-order cognitive skills from every student, not just basic literacy.
When most students would leave the education system, they would go into jobs in factories and manufacturing that didn't require the higher order skills that often came with a high school diploma or a college degree. The basic literacies were just fine. But the world has changed dramatically. We live in an international, globally competitive economy, a knowledge economy where every student has to maximize their learning to be successful.
