This article is the first in a series of seven looking at the concept of Portrait of a Graduate (PoG), a construct that defines "a specific set of skills that will equip their learners with what they need to thrive in their lives beyond the walls of school." The focus is on an implementation by Norwalk Public Schools (NPS) in Norwalk, Connecticut. "Based on the rollout of this first competency, Norwalk adopted a Portrait of a Graduate Competency Launch Framework that provided the system with a blueprint for the rollout of future competencies." If you look at various portraits across different systems (and I looked at a bunch) there's a lot of similarities - graduates should be 'critical thinkers', 'world citizens', etc. Honestly, they look almost exactly like the numerous definitions of "21st century skills" that were popular a couple of decades ago.
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