21st Century Learning Resource Guide

The idea is to stop teaching calculating and start teaching math :)

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If you read only one book on 21st Century education, read this one by Harvard Professor and Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tony Wagner.

Sir Ken Robinson http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/ PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has worked with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. In 1998, he led a national commission on creativity, education and the economy for the UK Government. ‘All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education’ (The Robinson Report) was published to wide acclaim in 1999. He was one of four international advisors to the Singapore Government for its strategy to become the creative hub of South East Asia.

Clay Christensen wrote one of the biggest business books of all time, the Innovator’s Dilemma. In his new book, Clay turns his attention to public schools.

Daniel Pink’s best-selling book, A Whole New Mind, addresses the importance of creativity and innovation in our schools to attack the problems of the 21st century. Also Dan Pink’s new book DRIVE.

New book by Jonathan Mueller, Professor of Psychology focusing on the specifics of critical skills and how to assess them.
For more detail on authentic assessment see, http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.htm and
For a more detailed look at the critical skills required, see Chapter 2 of his book http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/chapter2.pdf.

One of the leaders in the movement for more progressive schools, Dennis Littky created the Met schools back east. The Big Picture is one of his books. http://www.bigpicture.org

In this book, Trilling (head of Oracle’s Education Foundation) and Fadel (his counterpart at Cisco) demonstrate that 21st Century learning is not a recycling of the artsy, contentless, movement of the 60s.

Teaching a growth mindset for the 21st century. http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/index.html

This is the report of a blue ribbon bipartisan group charged with updating a study done 10-15 years ago on US competitiveness.  The first link is the executive summary of the report. The second link is to a Time Magazine article released in advance of the report’s official publication highlighting the issues. If either link fails, just Google, Tough Choices or Tough Times.
http://www.skillscommission.org/executive.htm
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html

Accompanying book: The Language of School Design – Design Patterns for 21st Century Schools

View trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcC2l8zioIw
Forbes review:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/05/02/the-finland-phenomenon-inside-the-worlds-most-surprising-school-system/

http://www.nuevaschool.org/programs/high-school/high-school-faq

An interconnected system of nine San Diego public schools, spanning K-12, offers exploratory, technology- infused, 21st century programs. From their site: “All (these schools) embody the High Tech High design principles of personalization, adult world connection, common intellectual mission, and teacher as designer.”

http://learning.media.mit.edu/projects.html lots of great stuff here but the most exciting is that Paulo Blikstein is now at Stanford (see the Learning Hubs project).  He would just be a great person to go and meet with.  In addition, highlights other schools.

An early coalition that predates the 21st century but has grown exponentially, based on the work of Ted Sizer (former head of School of Education at Harvard, Head of Andover and ultimately Chair of the School of Education at Brown). Hundreds of schools are part of the network which revolves around commitment to the following principles.
Learning to use one’s mind well
Less is more, depth over coverage
Goals apply to all students
Personalization
Student-as-worker, teacher-as-coach
Demonstration of mastery
A tone of decency and trust
Commitment to the entire school
Resources dedicated to teaching and learning
Democracy and equity

Rigor vs. relevance framework http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html