Sentences with phrase «economically useful skills»

Schools gladly endured the expense and disruption of providing field trips because they saw these experiences as central to their educational mission: schools exist not only to provide economically useful skills in numeracy and literacy, but also to produce civilized young men and women who would appreciate the arts and culture.

The problem is that a good number of policymakers, pundits, and others who control the education system seem to think that the almost - exclusive purpose of education is to impart economically useful skills.

Most parents understand that education is not entirely about imparting economically useful skills.