Some of the work influencing our practice in Deer River Schools includes:

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a framework that establishes content and skills in the following areas:

• Core subjects and 21st Century Themes
• Learning and Innovation Skills
• Information, Media, and Technology Skills
• Life and Career Skills

The Seven Survival skills identified by Tony Wagner and discussed in his book The Global Achievement Gap. They include:

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
• Agility and adaptability
• Initiative and entrepreneurship
• Effective oral and written communication
• Accessing and analyzing information
• Curiosity and imagination

The Five Cs identified by David Houle in his book Shift Ed

• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Content - create, source, access, reuse, manipulate...
• Context - understanding and using the context that information comes in