They succinctly propose a "Framework for 21st Century Learning" - fuse the 3Rs (traditional subjects like reading, writing, mathematics, history, and others) and the 4Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity) to best prepare our students for their future (and not our past):
Lawrenceville does many of these things already and does them well. Our challenge is in the "fusing" - as many commenters here have pointed out, we don't want in any way to take away from the areas where we already excel.
So, how can we best bring some of these new skills and dispositions into our school without taking away from what we do well?
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