The document discusses 21st century skills and integrating them into the classroom curriculum. It defines 21st century skills as skills needed to succeed in today's knowledge-based economy, including learning and thinking skills. It acknowledges challenges around large-scale implementation and concerns that focusing on these skills could take away from fundamentals. However, it provides examples of how 21st century skills can be incorporated into core subjects like English and science. It concludes that these skills have been important for a long time and prepare students for life after school by training them to create and obtain knowledge, not just recite it.