I find it encouraging that we're starting to discuss skills that allow young people to teach themselves rather than remaining reliant on guidance of others. So

I find it encouraging that we're starting to discuss skills that allow young people to teach themselves rather than remaining reliant on guidance of others. Some of the skills discussed in this article are difficult to instruct in an educational setting (though they can certainly be structurally reinforced) - but I see far too many young people who see 'education' as a task to be completed/survived rather than a series of personal skills they will need/want to apply to life at large. The comments about testing aren't particularly interesting (as other commenters have pointed out) - but we should certainly be aware of the distorting effects of high stakes testing on the values/goals of our schools.