21st Century Skills

The Partnership for 21st Century Schools, an organization dedicating to infuse education with new skill sets for a new century, is one of many groups aware that current education policies aren't doing enough to prepare students in a changing world.

Outdated content standards and excessive testing aren't helping.

Creativity and innovation are marginalized in current public education discourse and practice, and it's harder to teach innovation and creativity than teach to the test or cover content-specific knowledge. The Partnership has established a nice database of links to sites promoting creativity and its growing importance.