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According to the 2006 report, The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, nearly half of the high school dropouts said they left high school because their classes were not engaging or relevant to them

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There is a huge increase of teaching students to the test, and not teaching them over what they want to learn. Teaching them for their passion

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Often in secondary schools, emphasis is on broad content coverage that results in shallow understanding. There is lots of emphasis on procedural learning and test taking skills

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The discussion on the use of technology is something we should keep in mind as its a huge resource for teachers nowadays that we would be silly not to utilize. On the topic of gibing students critical thinking skills, I believe that giving students works that challenge their thinking helps them become more well-rounded and introspective thinkers, learners, and citizens.

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Students at each individuals and this is a critical time in their lives for expressing themselves. We need to foster their various learning styles rather than hinder them.
We can do this by creating learner and knowledge centered classrooms.

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Often in secondary schools, emphasis is on broad content coverage that results in shallow understanding. There is lots of emphasis on procedural learning and test taking skills

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The revolution of the word literacy has made leaps and bounds from the definition being simple reading and writing in earlier centuries to actually reading for comprehension as well as mastering communication

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Recognizing students' interests will promote motivation, engagement and participation.

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There is a significant focus on whether what the students are learning is relevant or practical.

It is important for students to understand content at a deeper level than just for passing tests.

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The way in which the USA severly underserves the minority atudent groups of low SES. “Only 14% of african Americans, 18% of hispanics, and 22% of Native American eighth greders scored at or above the proficient level in reading” (12).

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There are lots of emphasis on procedural learning and test taking.

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There is a lot that we expect students to learn to do in the 21st century, but how can we know if we have accomplish these goals?

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My take away is that “Twenty-first learning is ‘learner-driven’” (p. 5).

Agree that “Students who are in the process of acquiring English often have difficulty expressing themselves in the covering their understanding of the content they are learning” (

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1) 21st century students have so much on there plate.

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One of the things I took away was about the ability to solve complex problems and be able to think critically. The text compared people that were considered novice thinkers versus more complex thinkers and how each of these groups of people approach problems.
Another thing that was discussed that I found important was the career and technical skills and literacy. I think that literacy is one of the most important skills that can differentiate successful versus unsuccessful people.

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-The amount of different types of literacies
-What needs to be taught and learned is changing very quickly in schools and teachers need to keep up with that in order to set their students up for success

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Students need mastery in specific learning skills such as reading, comprehension, and communication

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What is the purpose of a high school education? Do I want them to leave feeling competent and ready for college? For working in general? For being a decent human being?

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- Critical literacy is beneficial for students to be able to think deeper about subjects and to form more connections.
- How soon should you teach these critical literacy skills?

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My two takeaways from this reading were the emphasis on 21st century learners and the idea that we as teachers can give students the skills to think critically about the hidden meanings and agendas of the information they are exposed to. The discussion on the use of technology

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” I also took away that it is possible to use multiple literacies, and that reading and understanding signs, images, symbols, etc. is also considered a literacy.

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How can we best navigate technology and other 21st century skills and the distractions that come with them?

I love the idea of multiple literacies. It acknowledges the intelligences of a broader range (pretty much all) of students and their abilities.