I see your position. We should acknowledge that both sides of this are well-trodden, and the article even touches on it: "It puts Google, and the tech economy

I see your position. We should acknowledge that both sides of this are well-trodden, and the article even touches on it: "It puts Google, and the tech economy, at the center of one of the great debates that has raged in American education for more than a century: whether the purpose of public schools is to turn out knowledgeable citizens or skilled workers." I guess over time I've started leaning more toward "knowledgeable citizens," but I don't know why they need to be mutually exclusive.