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  05 March 2010
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• LET ALL OF OUR VOICES BE HEARD AT THE WHITE HOUSE

  Wednesday, via it's website, the White House posed the question, "What does a 21st century education mean to you?"
  
  The Youth Entrepreneurship Alliance (YEA) HAS ANSWERED: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education has been a long-time advocate of the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). They include entrepreneurship as a "21st Century Theme" that should be woven into all core academic skills. Specifically they advocate " Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
  • Knowing how to make appropriate personal economic choices
  • Understanding the role of the economy in society
  • Using entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options
  
  P21 HAS ANSWERED: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has worked to answer this question by building strategic partnerships between business, education and local, state and federal government stakeholders. We have found that, to ensure 21st century readiness for every student, we must fuse the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). www.21stcenturyskills.org
  
  It is clear that our country will continue to compete in a global economy that demands innovation - our education system must keep up. To that end, P21 and its members - which represent every sector of society - provide tools and resources to help stakeholders fuse the three Rs and four Cs. Leading districts and schools are already doing this. Local, state and federal governments must craft policies that support this change for every school. That is why it is so important now, as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act becomes reauthorized, for our federal policymakers to support and incorporate the fusing of the three Rs and the four 4Cs throughout that Act to ensure every child owns the outcomes that will enable them to be college and career ready upon graduation.
  
  MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD Please!
  
  The White House has asked that responses be submitted via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. So link now to post your own response to the White House:
  
  • On Twitter
  • On Facebook
  • On LinkedIn
  
  THANK YOU for speaking out in support of 21st century readiness for every student including "ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION" Experiences and Activities everywhere.
  
  
  Cheers,
  
  CAthy Ashmore, YEA Coordinator
  cashmore@entre-ed.org
  
  www.YEAleaders.org

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