As you can see – I have lots of questions at the moment, and very few answers!

Is the purpose of education, and by association, schooling: 

“…to prepare learners for the unknown future, or to prepare learners for a life of growth, learning and moral fulfillment in the unknown future…”?  

Why am I looking at this as a dichotomy?  Clearly it is deeper and more complex than this synopsis.  Why do we have Schools?  Why do we educate our children at such institutions?  What do we expect from these institutions as a society?

Maybe the purpose is simply just to teach kids how to read, write and do maths?

I’ll update my thoughts here I work through a process at the School I am privileged to work in.