“The most important thing [students] will have to learn is. . .”

“At the same time, we now know that the most important thing [students] will have to learn is not this or that subject matter. The most important thing they [students] will have to learn is how to learn.

The most important thing, in other words, is not specific skills, but a universal skill—that of using knowledge and its systematic acquisition as the foundation for performance, skill, and achievement.”