Answer:
Students Are Asking for Real-World Skills a.k.a. 21st Century Skills
The clock is ticking to find a solution. Students are becoming increasingly discouraged with what they perceive is a disconnect between what they learn in school and “real life.”
Students want an education that connects to the real world. Many kids are more engaged in learning when they can see how and where they’ll apply it. A report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that half of a group of high school dropouts surveyed blamed uninteresting classes as a major factor for their decision to discontinue school. Four out of five said they wished they had more opportunity to do real-world learning.
