Overview

If you believe that an essential role of schooling is to prepare students to be successful in today’s world, then here is a must-read book that makes a powerful case for why and how schools must overhaul, update, and breathe new life into the K–12 curriculum. World-renowned curriculum designer Heidi Hayes Jacobs leads an all-star cast of education thought leaders who explain

• Why K–12 curriculum has to change to reflect new technologies and a globalized world.
  
• What to keep, what to cut, and what to create to reflect 21st century learning skills.
  
• Where portfolios and new kinds of assessments fit into accountability mandates.
  
• How to improve your use of time and space and groupings of students and staff.
  
• What steps to take to help students gain a global perspective and develop the habits of mind they need to succeed in school, work, and life.
  
• How to re-engineer schools and teaching to engage and improve students’ media literacy.

Here is your opportunity to get out in front of breakthrough ideas for educating a generation that you’ve been charged to nurture.

(ASCD E-Book, 2010) Downloadable PDF file.

Please note: This is an electronic product, available for download only. To order the hard copy of this book, please click here.

Related resouces:

• 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times
  
• 21st Century Skills: Promoting Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom DVD
  
• Assessment for 21st Century Learning DVD Set
  
• Learn more about the editor and contributing authors!
  
• View a video interview with Heidi Hayes Jacobs.

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