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Preparing 21st century Ohio learners for success
Helping today's students & tomorrow's teachers
Educator resources
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]
Beyond the Three Rs: Voter Attitudes Toward 21st Century Skills.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007. [PDF 2 pgs]
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.
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 Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future.
University College London, January 11, 2008. [PDF 35 pgs]
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.
KnowledgeWorks
Foundation. Efforts focus on "redesigning
urban high schools, increasing college access, enhancing
workforce education, and creating a seamless education system."
The Ohio Core Curriculum: What’s Required for Science?
Ohio Academy of Science, February 2007. [PDF 8 pgs]
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.
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