Outdated models

I know this is out of context, but does this paragraph make sense? Am I assuming too much understanding of factory model education on the part of the reader?

Schools are based on an outdated, scarcity production model of curriculum, instruction, and assessment that is based in traditional business economics and are not responding to changes in skills and practices needed to participate in a global world. This is not a new argument, however. Similar arguments were made in the early 20^th century during industrialization. Calls for changing schools to accommodate a changing world of work rang throughout the literature. I am not making a “change so we can have more efficient workers” argument here. My main argument is that we need to change schools so that they are equitable and just, not to compete in a global marketplace. Part of how we make them equitable and just, however, has to do with ensuring they are relevant and meaningful to children and youth. Here is where schools have become outdated in that they have not taken into account the changed and changing practices associated with internet communication technologies and social media.  De Alba et al. (2000: 9) argue that “our curricula are becoming overwhelmed by practices of diagnosis, intervention, and remediation grounded not merely in ‘basic skills,’ but in old and outmoded forms of basic skills (italics in original).” The basic skills we need are not those needed to fill a workforce, but to engage a dynamic generation of sophisticated children and youth.