Since 2002, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills has been the leading advocacy organization in the United States focused on infusing 21st century skills into education. Its "Framework for 21st Century Learning," the result of a consensus among hundreds of stakeholders, describes the skills, knowledge, and expertise students need to…

Summarizes Louisiana's mandated school improvement program, discusses results, and describes how districts create effective or ineffective schools. Principals in ineffective schools defined their roles as limited, passive, and bureaucratic; principals in effective schools held multiple schooling goals and regarded the achievement process as…