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We want to hear from YOU. All of the information we gather through each of these discussion tracks will be used to refine these documents, making them more powerful in helping influence education policy and practice across the country. Add your voice and help formulate a National Action Agenda on 21st Century Skills.

Goals:

  • To provide minimal background information to frame key questions
  • Put forth recommendations to help guide actions around implementing a state 21st century skills vision

Intended Audiences, Primary:

  • State Policymakers
  • State Departments of Education
  • State House and Senate Education Committees
  • School and District Leaders

Intended Audiences, Secondary:

  • District-level leaders, administrators
  • School-level leaders, administrators
  • Teachers

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From our series of live webinars (available via recording on the Live Events page) to the working documents below, we welcome your ongoing feedback and great thinking. While these areas are open for reading, you must be logged in to contribute. If you haven't done so, please register!

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Our nation faces serious questions in regards to our educational system. The purpose of these documents is to provide you with perspective on the key issues to consider—as a policy maker, as state leader, as a district or school administrator—to ensure that you are planning for the future and building strategies that will solidify the success of our students, not only in school and work, but in life.

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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed the Milestones for Improving Learning and Education (MILE) Guide for 21st Century Skills to assist educators and administrators in measuring the progress of their schools in defining, teaching and assessing 21st Century Skills. Up for discussion are the materials contained in the most recent iteration of the MILE Guide, published in Spring 2009.

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If we as a nation are to prepare our students for success in their world tomorrow, we must take action today. We must strive to understand what tomorrow's needs will be, as well as develop an educational system that fulfills those needs. 

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Recent Activity
July 22
Forums Nancy Driscoll replied to Kathleen Welling's message board post. 7:47 PM
RE: Welcome!
Reviewing your work reminds me of how complex the process of education is! It's exciting to see education becoming the national priority it needs to be if our children are to be competitive in the new...
Forums Nancy Driscoll replied to Jill Maraldo's message board post. 11:37 AM
RE: International benchmarking of 21st C skills
I am also interested in assessment and curriculum development. Jill, are you with a school district, content provider, other organization? I'd love to know what kind of projects are underway.
Forums Nancy Driscoll replied to Valerie Greenhill's message board post. 11:28 AM
RE: Welcome!
I was particularly interested in the "Partnering" section of the Guide which included challenge goals for parents, community, business, policymakers, Colleges of Education, and Content Providers. All...
June 12
Forums Ray Cook replied to Ford Davis's message board post. 8:51 AM
RE: Parent engagement
[quote=Ford Davis]Unfortunately, a majority of my students have families, but they are often disrupted by violence or hampered by poverty. There are also language and cultural issues that further...
June 11
Forums Hayley Romano replied to Valerie Greenhill's message board post. 6:58 PM
RE: So is it the right curriculum?
Valerie, the issue of seat time requirements and scheduling is very real, even at the primary level where I teach. In our area (Northern New Jersey) project-based learning is often reserved for the...
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Draft Implementation Guide
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Forums Charles Fadel replied to Blanca Duarte's message board post. 8:11 AM
RE: Comments invited on goals and definition of Learning Environments:
Thank you Blanca, we'll definitely clarify that.
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RE: Parent engagement
Unfortunately, a majority of my students have families, but they are often disrupted by violence or hampered by poverty. There are also language and cultural issues that further complicate these...
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