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[|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] - **The Partnership for 21st Century Skills** has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education. The organization brings together the business community, education leaders, and policymakers to define a powerful vision for 21st century education to ensure every child's success as citizens and workers in the 21st century. The Partnership encourages schools, districts and states to advocate for the infusion of 21st century skills into education and provides tools and resources to help facilitate and drive change.


 * States that have already adopted this initiative are:** Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. These states have started a data base of sources titled "Route 21".

[|Welcome to Route 21]
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to offer Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools. To get started, [|take a tour] or [|explore the P21 Framework].


 * Organizations involved with this partnership are:**

//Intel Corporation, Pearson, American Association of School Librarians, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple, ASCD, Atomic Learning, Blackboard, Cable in the Classroom, Cisco Systems, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Davis Publications, Inc., Dell, ETS, EF Education, Ford Motor Company Fund, Hewlett Packard, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Learning.com, Learning Point Associates, LEGO Group, Lenovo, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft Corporation,National Education Association, Oracle Education Foundation, PolyVision, Sesame Workshop, Scholastic Education, Verizon//

[|Edutopia.org] - Originally the George Lucas Educational Foundation presents a website with a vision of what works in public education. [|Edutopia's success stories] about what works in public education revolve around our six Core Concepts; integrated studies, project learning, social and emotional learning, technology integration, teacher development, comprehensive assessment. They maintain an excellent [|on-line video library] of proven activities that work and professional development.

[|International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)] //-// ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) have served as a roadmap since 1998 for improved teaching and learning by educators. ISTE standards for, , and administrators help to measure proficiency and set aspirational goals for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to succeed in today’s Digital Age. ISTE standards for teachers and students have been adopted in the U.S. and in several countries. //"Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world. Today it is less about// staying ahead //and more about// moving ahead //as members of dynamic learning communities. The digital-age teaching professional must demonstrate a vision of technology infusion and develop the technology skills of others. These are the hallmarks of the new education leader."// //—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008//

[|ColoradoLearns] At the Colorado Navigator Conference, where stakeholders from around the state helped create Colorado's vision for 21st century learning, many people were calling for real strategies and practices. This wiki, [|ColoradoLearns], is a venue for defining "How" 21st century learning happens. [|10 elements to student engagement] Dr. Phillip Schlechty

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