Susan Drake is at the Faculty of Education, Brock University in Ontario, Canada. She has been a Professor of Curriculum for over 30 years. Previously, she was a high school teacher interested in discovering how to engage her students. Her current research interests involve educational reform and curriculum innovation at all levels of education. Specifically, she has explored interdisciplinary and integrated curriculum as it has been implemented over the last 100 years. Currently, her research has a global span and revolves around the application of 21^st Century skills/competencies in an age of both accountability and technology.