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Preparing 21st century Ohio learners for successThis page collects resources to help plan students plan their journeys from high school to college and beyond.
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Issues and perspectives

Are They Really Ready To Work? Employers� Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce. The Conference Board, Inc., the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families, and the Society for Human Resource Management, 2006. [PDF 64 pgs]
 

Understanding Information Literacy: A Primer. Forrest Woody Horton, Jr. UNESCO, 2008. [PDF 103 pgs]
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National programs

KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Efforts focus on "redesigning urban high schools, increasing college access, enhancing workforce education, and creating a seamless education system."
 

National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. University of South Carolina. The Center's 17th National Conference on Students in Transition was held November 13-15, 2010, in Houston, Texas.
 

Thinkfinity 21st Century Skills site. Includes links to partner content.
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National standards

Common Core State Standards Initiative. A joint effort by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with Achieve, ACT and the College Board.
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Ohio resources

Case Studies in College and Career Readiness. Examples of Ohio high school librarians and classroom teachers working with nearby college and university colleagues to create exciting and valuable opportunities for students making the transition from the K-12 environment to post secondary experiences.
 

English Expectations for College Readiness 2007. Ohio Board of Regents, 2007. [PDF 4 pgs]
 
  Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). Ohio's program to use federal funding "for educational programs at the state and local partnership levels to encourage young people to raise their academic expectations, stay in school, take challenging courses, and go to college."
 

Information Literacy E-List (listserv). For in-service and pre-service educators who wish to share ideas and best practices related to the integration of information literacy and 21st century skills in standards based classrooms. Discussions include topics that support INFOhio and OhioLINK's joint efforts to prepare 21st century Ohio learners for success in school, college and work life.
 

Ohio 21st Century Skills Summit. Information about Ohio Skills Summit 2.0, scheduled for fall 2011.
 

The Ohio Core Curriculum: What�s Required for Science? Ohio Academy of Science, February 2007. [PDF 8 pgs]
 

Ohio Economic-Education Summit IV. Links to PowerPoint presentations and other resources used during the February 21-23, 2011, conference sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education�s Office of Career-Technical Education, with a focus on green jobs of the future.
 

Ohio STEM Learning Network. Collaboration of Pre-K-12 education, higher education and business and industry to build and connect STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) teaching and learning capacity in Ohio, focusing on student and teacher success.
 

Ohio's Academic Content Standards. Links to all content standards in downloadable formats, as well as additional links to explanations about the standards.
 

Ohio's Credit Flexibility Plan. Ohio's program to raise graduation requirements for high school students. Ohio Department of Education site collected documents video clips and other resources.
 

Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success. PowerPoint presentation to the State Library of Ohio Board, September 24, 2009, by Marie Sabol, OELMA President, and Theresa M. Fredericka, INFOhio Executive Director. [PPT 63 slides]
 

Preparing 21st Century Ohio Learners for Success: The Role of Information Literacy and Libraries, a report by the INFOhio and OhioLINK Special Task Force, includes a list of goals and action steps for transitioning students from high school to college. September 2008. [PDF 9 pgs]
 

Preparing Twenty-First-Century Ohio Learners for Success: The Role of Information Literacy and Libraries. Theresa M. Fredericka and Gayle Geitgey. Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, November/December 2009.
 

Student Access and Success Coordinating Council of Ohio. "A partnership among organizations dedicated to the idea of increasing the number of Ohioans who aspire to and successfully complete a postsecondary education."
 

What Is Science? Douglas L. Shrake, et al. Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2006. [PDF 6 pgs]
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Beyond the Three Rs: Voter Attitudes Toward 21st Century Skills. Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007. [PDF 2 pgs]
 

INFOhio's 21st Century Learning Commons Route 21 Entry.
 

MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills: Milestones for Improving Learning and Education. Revised November 2009. Page includes link to 32-page PDF.
 

MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills Self Assessment Survey. "Free online tool to plot where your district is today and set your course for integrating 21st century learning into your systems," February 2010.
 

21st Century Skills Map: English. Partnership for 21st Century Skills and National Council of Teachers of English, November 2008. [PDF 16 pgs]
 

21st Century Skills Map: Geography. Partnership for 21st Century Skills and National Council for Geographic Education, May 2009. [PDF 29 pgs]
 

21st Century Skills Map: Science. Partnership for 21st Century Skills and National Science Teachers Association, June 2009. [PDF 17 pgs]
 

21st Century Skills Map: Social Studies. Partnership for 21st Century Skills and National Council for the Social Studies, November 2008. [PDF 19 pgs]
 

21st Century Skills Map: The Arts. Partnership for 21st Century Skills; designed in cooperation with the nation's arts educators, July 2010. [PDF 17 pgs]
 

White Paper: 21st Century Skills Learning Environments [PDF 34 pgs]
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Tools

Heads Up!: A Checklist for Transitioning to College. Patricia Owen. School Library Monthly, April 2010, pp. 8-9. EBSCOhost entry. (The current INFOhio username and password may be necessary to open the complete article.)
 

A Transition Checklist for High School Seniors. Patricia Owen. School Library Monthly, April 2010, pp. 20-23. EBSCOhost entry. (The current INFOhio username and password may be necessary to open the complete article.)
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