Primary goal of education? Help next generation find jobs, or "social justice" and "progress" under socialism?

I think the primary goal of education should be to produce people capable of thinking for themselves and recognizing that "social justice", "progress", and "fair trade not free trade" are not "big fancy words." "We don't need no fancy edumacation" seems to be the rallying cry of the right these days. Only liberals can benefit from conservatives rejecting education.