21st Century Learning

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The Center for Innovation & Transformation in Education
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The authors of this paper from The Center for Innovation & Transformation in Education, define deeper learning as "directly linked to college- and career-readiness. It achieves this by shifting the focus of education to one in which students: master core academic content; develop the ability...

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Education Commission of the States (ECS)
Stephanie Aragon
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This primer is created for state policymakers seeking to modify instruction and assessment policies to better engage today’s students. The primer defines deeper learning, explains how it overlaps with other active learning strategies and describes how it can be, and is being, accomplished at the...

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Adriana Martinez
Jennifer Davis Poon
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This document provides an overview of the Innovation Lab Network (ILN) vision for student-centered learning and a Logic Model to guide states as they explore unique pathways toward this shared vision. The document provides examples of how state chiefs are using the Logic Model to put their...

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Jobs for the Future
Pedro Noguera
Linda Darling-Hammond
Diane Friedlaender
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This paper makes a compelling case for “student-centered” practices in the nation’s high schools. The paper does not offer a prescriptive agenda.  But the authors do argue, and the evidence strongly suggests, that students benefit when given ample opportunities to:  

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National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
Ace Parsi
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This report is aimed at supporting state boards of education that are working on providing significantly more students with deeper learning opportunities and facilitating board-level conversations on key related topics. The report provides foundational principles that underlie deeper learning,...

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Center for Teaching Quality
Barnett Berry
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This paper is about transforming how students learn and lead by re-evaluating the systems that govern teacher learning and leadership.  By integrating a variety of research evidence and narratives, the author examines current reforms' limitations, explore deeper learning’s promise, and summarize...

Equity Issues
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Diane Friedlaender
Linda Darling-Hammond
Jon Snyder
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This policy brief describes how four student-centered high schools support student success. In addition, it recommends policy strategies that could sustain schools like these on a much broader scale, so that they become the norm rather than the exception.  The four high schools featured in this...

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Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Diane Friedlaender
Dion Burns
Heather Lewis-Charp
Channa Mae Cook-Harvey
Xinhua Zheng
Linda Darling-Hammond
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This report focuses on schools using student-centered practices through either the Linked Learning initiative or Envision Education model. Linked Learning, a state-wide initiative, integrates rigorous academics with career-based learning and real-world workplace experiences.  The main features...

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