21st Century Credentials for 21st Century Learning

This year marks 40 years since the U.S. Secretary of Education released a landmark report on the state of education in the country. The findings were devastating — so alarming, in fact, that they titled the report “A Nation at Risk,” concluding that education within the United States was “being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people.”

The authors’ key recommendation was to create a “Learning Society” in which lifelong learning would help workers keep their skills up to date in an ever-changing world.