WHAT should students learn for the 21st Century?

Luminaries answer CCR’s seminal question

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Growth Mindset

Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck

Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University

Five Minds for the Future

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner

Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University

Collaboration, Robotics and More

John Abele

John Abele

Philanthropist, co-founder of Boston Scientific Corporation

Persuasion Science

Robert B. Cialdini

Robert B. Cialdini

Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University

Systems Thinking

Thomas Homer-Dixon

Holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs

Transforming Science (Via Informal) Learning

Margaret Honey

Margaret Honey

President and CEO of the New York Hall of Science

Failing Safely

Elliot Masie

Elliot Masie

Founder of the MASIE Center and chair of its Learning Consortium

Engineering: The Missing Core Discipline in K­12 Education

Ioannis Miaoulis

Ioannis N. Miaoulis

President and director of the Museum of Science, Boston

Holistic, Multi-Disciplinary, Globally Cooperative Approach

Richard K. Miller

Richard K. Miller

President and first employee of Olin College of Engineering

Changing the Subject

Rob Riordan

Rob Riordan

Co-founder of High Tech High (HTH) and President of the HTH Graduate School of Education

Larry Rosenstock

Larry Rosenstock

C.E.O. of the San Diego-based High Tech High, a network of charter schools and a graduate school of education

No Speed Limit to Learning

Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

Founder and former president of CD Baby

Edible Education as a Universal Curriculum

Alice Waters

Alice Waters

Restaurateur and founder of the Edible Schoolyard Project

Journalism and Media

Esther Wojcicki

Esther Wojcicki

Journalism educator and CLO at Planet3