Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/index.php
Is an organization that has come to recognize the need for change in today’s educational system which does not prepare students for a changing work environment? The website offers teachers and schools resources to build upon the current curriculum that is not enough to prepare students for a future that requires a distinct individual to compete in.
This site surprised me in how an external organization needed to be created in order to tactical the issues of a failing educational system. Considered a movement, the creators modified the existing core curriculum and used it to scaffold the necessary skills students would need in the future. Those are critical thinking and problem solving; communication, collaboration; and creativity and innovation.
A few states have begun to take measures to change curriculum and assessments that would assist their students for the 21st century skills needed in a technologically based work force. Why so few states have joined this initiative within the past 5 years is concerning to me.
The implications for our students are hard to predict with a system that is slow to change.
This site surprised me in how an external organization needed to be created in order to tactical the issues of a failing educational system. Considered a movement, the creators modified the existing core curriculum and used it to scaffold the necessary skills students would need in the future. Those are critical thinking and problem solving; communication, collaboration; and creativity and innovation.
A few states have begun to take measures to change curriculum and assessments that would assist their students for the 21st century skills needed in a technologically based work force. Why so few states have joined this initiative within the past 5 years is concerning to me.
The implications for our students are hard to predict with a system that is slow to change.
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