The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has requested states to review their curriculums so that it focuses on two main points:

  • to adopt a 21st century curriculum that blends thinking and innovation skills; information, media, and ICT literacy; and life and career skills in context of core academic subjects and across interdisciplinary themes, and
  • To employ methods of 21st century instruction that integrates innovative and research-proven teaching strategies, modern learning technologies, and real world resources and contexts.

        The Partnership realizes states create their own curriculums and will do so to create ones that challenge students but also to create what is best for their students.  In regards to this, states must keep in mind that the workforce of today will be much different when a student who is entering kindergarten today is ready to graduate high school in thirteen years.  Therefore schools must work towards creating a curriculum that works toward the future and not one that holds so tightly the traditional methods of teaching of twenty or thirty years ago.

written by Jeff Barnes

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