Indiana's need for a 21st Century Partnership

I was pleasantly surprised to see such a site. It speaks a lot about how far behind the educational systems are when it comes to technology and our students.
One thing that I found so surprising was that out of the 50 states that we live and teach in, less than ten is part of the 21st Century Partnership. I looked through different websites of where I teach and surrounding corporations, there was nothing that I could find that dealt with a mention of this partnership program.
This site said a lot about the four skills of life and career skills, learning and innovation skills, as well as information media and technology skills are explained to encompass core subjects and 21st century themes. They were all backed up by lessons, curriculums, and assessments to better the learning environments of both teachers and students.
To me the site was very informative and had a lot of positive things that I can use and learn from, especially the communication building activities and the sites that had a great deal of art resources from art history to creating art. They were sites that I had never heard of before and were very informative.
For this to work in my corporation it would have to have studies done, presentation to school boards and administrators, and most of all the parents. It seems that I am in community that is afraid of change that is what this is all about. The need for this much change would go on deaf ears at first, but the teachers have to take the initiative to make this change a reality.

Link:

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/