Partnership with the 21st Century Skills

Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a great resource for educators interested in preparing students for the 21st century.  It stresses the importance of combining the three R's with the four C's (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creative thinking.  The website provides many resources and publications on how we can implement the change in educating for the 21st century.  I was pleased to see that Louisiana has formed a state initiative and is committed to 21st century standards.  The list of strategic council members is very impressive.  It includes Apple, Microsoft, Pearson, Adobe, and ETS to name a few.  One of the publications that I read was http://www.p21.org/documents/policymakersguide_final.pdf.  "We need to commit to a more important goal than rooting out underperformance.  We also need to determine whether every child is ready to contribute in a competitive, interconnected world.  We need to commit to 21st century readiness for every student."  This should be our goal as educators.