we share what the learning sciences tell us about how to rear children to succeed in the 21st century. The changes other countries are making, and the new world we live in, demand that we reinvent our education system so that it instills not just the ABCs but also the 6Cs. The 6Cs provide a suite of so-called hard and “soft skills” that can offer a profile of children’s competencies as they approach the society of tomorrow.