Similarly, much of the critique surrounding 21st century skills is not that they are
useless, but rather that the groups who promote these skills do less to promote exactly how
they look in the classroom and how teachers and students are evaluated on these skills
throughout the year. In other words, from both the policy makers and the administration at
Rolling Meadows, the arguments remain broad: incorporate technology and encourage
collaboration, for example. Without clear ability to practice these skills and a framework for
incorporating them into the classroom, teachers at Rolling Meadows overwhelmingly continue
to believe that “21st century skills” involve merely the use of technology in their lessons. With
this critique, however, does come many hopeful aspects as the administrators at Rolling
Meadows seek to move beyond simple understandings of the 21st century skills framework and
think about how teachers and students can begin utilizing these skills in the classroom.