The Value to Add

More evidence that content is a commodity in education comes from a Financial Times survey of business school alumni with the question, "What is the most important skill or trait needed to future-proof your career — and why?" The answers include:

• Curiosity
• Managing up and down effectively
• Networking
• Salesmanship
• Stamina
• Basic understanding of coding and application development
• Balance health, family and work

Nothing said about knowing calculus or the molecular number of certain elements, not that these aren't important. The point is that content is a table stake in education--there is no value to be added. The real impact of education--the value that makes private, independent schools worth the money--is in the above.