I found the 21st Century Skills website very intriguing. It was interesting that there were only 10 states that the partnership has agreements with. Being that California is the largest state population wise, begs the question, "Why does it not have an agreement in place?" "Does California think that they already do enough to prepare their students for the 21st Century workplace?" I wonder.
Even though the Arts is considered a core subject now, it still surprises me when I see it included in websites like this. Sometimes, I click on the link and there is a message saying, "Check back later", or there will only be one or two entries. On the website I located six entries when I performed a search of "Arts". I checked out one of the entries, and was happy to see that if I wanted to, I could integrate the information I found into my own class.
In the short time I spent on the website, I quickly realized that if things do not change in the field of education soon, the United States is going to find itself on the outside of a big castle, and no way to get in. Many other nations of the world are preparing their students to work in the "real" world. The United States needs to do the same, or risk failure. It would be shameful for that to happen.
