Curricula reform that sets students' future success, as the main objective requires insights into the demands of our society. These demands include economic and social needs. The fast-paced changing nature of our society makes it difficult to clearly define content necessary for students' post-graduate success, so curricula reform should focus on skills essential for content mastery, personal growth, and self-management. This article discusses moving Manitoba's "patch-work" curricula updating to a global reform that includes changing roles for teachers, restructuring priority subject areas, and placing students' needs in the central role of curricula design.