21st Century Skills

Student poverty and adversity don’t have to prevent student success. Examine how poverty affects education, achievement, and motivation for students across the U.S. and discover seven mindsets for ensuring college and career readiness for all students, regardless of socioeconomic status.

Promote student mastery of essential 21st century skills, including collaboration, critical and creative thinking, digital citizenship, and more. Learn the qualities of the most important soft skills and how we can assess and measure them.

Transform how your school operates to better prepare students. Learn how the six areas of school management and structure—school and community partnerships, instruction, school timing and scheduling, physical learning environments, educational technology, and budget—intersect to affect students’ academic performance.

Become a highly effective, learning-progressive school that utilizes PLC processes and well-implemented RTI structures to promote student agency. Increase authentic learning, engaging students in personalized learning experiences.

Developed specifically for grades 9–12, this resource presents classroom-tested lessons that help take instruction and learning to the next level through technology.

Developed specifically for grades 6–8, this resource presents classroom-tested lessons that help take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology.

Developed specifically for grades K–2, this resource presents classroom-tested lessons that help take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology.

Part of the NOW Classrooms series, this guidebook outlines how to create an engaging, student-centered learning environment using technology.

Developed specifically for grades 3–5, this resource presents classroom-tested lessons that help take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology.

Explore six key arguments for why educators must approach schooling differently and learn how schools are tackling each argument head-on.