Perspectives on Durable Skills: Preparing Students for the Future of Work

Preparing students—every student—for the workforce of the future requires schools to equip them with the right skills for the jobs of today and tomorrow. In a skilled workforce, jobs demand that students develop common competencies in K-12 education, enabling a broader group of learners ultimately to find success in their careers and communities. Durable skills are essential regardless of educational attainment level, industry sector, or geography.

Throughout this webinar, we discuss:

• ​​ How the research in the Durable Skills Report is helping districts transform career pathways;
• ​​ How districts are offering innovative opportunities for students to engage with business partners, and
• ​ How the needs in their local community are served through entrepreneurship---for the benefit of students, employers, and communities. 

Our guests are Tim Taylor, Co-Founder & President of America Succeeds; Tom Burton, Superintendent, Princeton City Schools (OH); and Dr. Mary Cooke, Director of Curriculum and Assessment and Grants, Harvard Community Unit School District 50 (IL) .