How to prepare the ultimate 21st century student.

The 21st century American student needs to be even more educated than the 20th century student. Below are researched-based strategies that 21st century schools need to adopt for students to be fully prepared.

1. High interest informational GRADE-LEVEL TEXTS.
2. High interest literary GRADE-LEVEL TEXTS.
3. Text-Sets: Knowledge building units.
4. Culminating Writing Tasks: Argumentative & Expository prompts aligned to State Standards.