Teachers Agree: Every Student Needs These 4 Skills

Image of a Team Manager and his Early Learning DI team wearing medals and holding celebratory certificates after presenting their solution at their DI showcase.

A global study by Cambridge International, involving more than 3,000 teachers and 4,000 students across 150 countries, revealed a striking consensus: grades alone won’t decide whether today’s students succeed. Instead, four skills consistently rose to the top—subject knowledge, self-management, communication (oracy), and adaptability. Teachers in the study argued that these abilities will determine whether students […]