"In 2006 CFSD convened an advisory committee of business leaders, entrepreneurs, university personnel, students, parents, and teachers to consider the knowledge and skills our students will need when they complete their K-12 education. Their work, along with a rigorous review of pertinent research, forms the basis for our 21st century learning framework."
"Twenty-first century readers and writers need to
Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments"