Ed Surge – Andrew Calkins
“Today’s students will graduate into a challenging job market, a fragmented and risky postsecondary landscape and a world of tremendously accelerating change. The challenges they encounter, and the life and career choices they will face, demand a passion for learning and skill sets in goal setting and problem solving that make their current experience in school too often seem outdated and narrow. Many school and district leaders are ready to consider making some fundamental changes in response to these demands. But they’re finding this a tough nut to crack. Sifting through the many research-based competency frameworks swirling around them is time consuming, and deciding which student competency goals to prioritize can be overwhelming.”(more)