Solving the big problems of the day, whether deep pov-erty, infectious disease, environmental degradation, global warming, or terrorism, will require the active engagement of well-educated, cognitively flexible, and culturally sophisticated individuals able to work in groups. Schools, then, will need to m;rture young minds to be able to synthesize knowledge derived from various academic disciplines, wrestle with social and ethical dilemmas, and work across cultural boundaries with individu-als of different races, religions, and cultures.
The evolution of education over time is really interesting. I feel like in the past there was less pressure on schools to produce students of a high caliber like this in order to solve problems like global warming and other problems. I remember hearing about how schools used to offer home ec classes and prepared you more for a traditional life compared to nowadays where schools need to teach you so much more in order to maintain society.