Alan M. Lesgold is Renée and Richard Goldman Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Education, Psychology, and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

1. Overview

2. Human Life in the Age of Smart Machines

3. Competence Needed to Work in the Age of Smart Machines

4. Public Schools Today and What Is Missing

Introduction

Goals of Education in the Past

Goals for Education in the Future

5. Schooling: Curriculum and How It Should Change

Transition: Living in Two School Worlds at Once

The Ability to Learn Efficiently and Quickly

Socioemotional Skills

Skills of Civic Participation

Ability to Evaluate Information

Facility in Collaborative Activity

Management of Personal Finances

Confidence

Physical and Mental Fitness

6. Where Can Children Learn All This?

The Importance of Redundancy

7. Some Personal Reflections

8. How Do Schools Evolve?

Dealing with the History of American Education

Schooling in the Age of Smart Machines

9. Apprenticeships and Similar Experiences

Traditional Apprenticeships

Porous Career Paths

Learning the Eight Competences In and Out of School

Deepening the Subject-Matter Curriculum

An Example of In-School Focus on the Eight Competences

Out-of-School Opportunities for Every Child

10. Creating a "Third Place"

11. A Few Possible Ways to Address the Eight Competences

Stories

Informal Apprenticeships

Scaffolded Real Tasks

Scaffolded Simulated Tasks

Games

Clubs and Sports

Governance Structures

12. Learning to Teach the Eight Competences

Teachers

Parents, Political Leaders, and Business Leaders

"Third Places"

13. Assessing Learning of the Eight Competences

The Tyranny of Assessments

Tests That Do Good without Causing Problems

Stealth Assessment

Structured Social Moderation and the Use of Rubrics

Simulation-Based Assessment

A Choice: Continuous Improvement for All Children or Strong Public Control

Transparency

14. Concluding Observations

Preserving Democracy

The Value of Redundancy

The Role of Charters

Lifelong learning

Needed Data Systems

Investing in Learning Opportunities

It Is Time to Act

Other Countries Are Pursuing These Goals

A Possible Path toward a Transformed Educational System

We Are a Society that Can Do Hard Things