A Step Backwards: An Analysis of the 21st Century Skills Task Force Report

The purpose of this policy brief is to help DESE set priorities for implementation of the task force’s recommendations. It outlines areas where Pioneer believes the task force has crafted useful recommendations and suggests how they might be implemented. It also calls attention to recommendations that we believe are mistaken in their emphasis on skills and pedagogy over academic content, and display a lack of practicality and knowledge of both state policy and local, district-level realities.

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