Peter Drucker on Education

So far, no country has the educational system which the knowledge society needs. No country has tackled the major demands. No one knows the "the answers"; no one can do what is needed. But we can at least ask the questions. We can define - albeit in rough outline the specifications for schooling and for schools which might answer to the realities of the post-capitalist society, the knowledge society.
Here are the new specifications:
The school we need has to provide universal literacy of high order - well beyond what "literacy" means today.
It has to imbue students on all levels and of all age with a motivation to learn and with the discipline of continuing learning.
It has to be an open system, accessible both to highly educated people and to people who for whatever reason did not gain access to advanced education in their early years.
It has to impart knowledge both as substance and as process - what the Germans differentiate as Wissen and Können.
Finally, schooling can no longer be a monopoly of the schools. Education in the post-capitalist society has to permeate the entire society. Employing organizations of all kinds - businesses, government agencies, non-profits - must become institutions of learning and teaching as well. Schools, increasingly, must work in partnership with employers and employing organizations.