21st Century Skills Implementation

Standards: A 21st century skills implementation guide, produced by Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Accessed at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxsaWJyMjMzZmFsbDIwMTJ8Z3g6MWVmOWY1Y2NkODNhNzRiNw&pli=1 on August 22, 2012.

 This document briefly explains how K-12 curriculum standards, which are generally state-by-state, should integrate 21st century skills such as technology skills, problem-solving abilities, financial literacy, and social skills. They use the traditional sequential approach to discussing education: standards and assessment, curriculum/instruction, professional development, plus a focus on learning environment. But then they describe how 21st century skills integrate with those fundamental educational concepts, and give examples of how states and other organizations are doing this. I will be curious to see how the Common Core Standards are interpreted, because I think they place at least a little bit more emphasis on 21st century skills, at least as compared to the California State Standards.