Why Schools Need to Change
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Today’s learners face an uncertain present and a rapidly changing future that demand far different skills and knowledge than were needed in the 20th century. We also know so much more about enabling deep, powerful learning than we ever did before. Our collective future depends on how well young people prepare for the challenges and opportunities of 21st-century life.
In this Education Week article, Tom Vander Ark reviews whole-student outcome frameworks that incorporate social-emotional learning with academic competencies. NGLC’s MyWays Success Framework tops the list. The list of frameworks also includes the Social-Emotional Learning rubric used by NGLC grantee Thrive Public Schools among others such as the Great Schools Partnership’s Transferable Skills and the School Quality Improvement Index of the California CORE school districts.