1. A New Vision for 21 st Century Education [Insert Presenter Name] [Insert Presenter Title & Company] [Insert Event Name] [Insert Date] PLEASE NOTE: This is only a template presentation; you may add examples and additional slides based on your audience EDUCATION COMMUNITY AUDIENCE Partnership for 21 st Century Skills NSBA – NCLB and the New Global Economy San Francisco, CA April 16, 2007 Developing a Framework for 21 st Century Learning

2. Overview “This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education… whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.” How to Build a Student for the 21 st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006

3. Who is the Partnership?

4. Why are 21 st Century Skills important? Student experience has changed outside of school. Global interdependence has become imperative The workplace has evolved. We need many more of our students to become effective 21 st Century Citizens with lifelong learning skills.

5. 21 st Century Skills Framework

6. Workforce Survey: “Are They Really Ready to Work? Why 21 st Century Skills? Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, Partnership for 21 st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management.

7. Why 21 st Century Skills? What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate? Work Ethic80% Collaboration75% Good Communication70% Social Responsibility63% Critical Thinking & Problem Solving58%

8. Why 21 st Century Skills? Of the High School Students that you recently hired, what were their deficiencies? Written Communication81% Leadership73% Work Ethic70% Critical Thinking & Problem Solving70% Self-Direction58%

9. Why 21 st Century Skills? What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? Critical Thinking78% I.T.77% Health & Wellness76% Collaboration74% Innovation74% Personal Financial Responsibility72%

10. Benchmarking Rigor: College View of What is Needed College professors’ views of the skills students lack: 70% say students do not comprehend complex reading materials 66% say students cannot think analytically 65% say students lack appropriate work and study habits 62% say students write poorly 59% say students don’t know how to do research 55% say students can’t apply what they’ve learned to solve problems 2005 Achieve Inc. http://www.achieve.org/files/pollrepport.df

11. More Important Than Academic Content: The Foundational Skills for College From research conducted by David Conley on “College Knowledge”: Writing Reasoning Analytic Thinking Problem-solving http://ceprnet.uoregon.edu **The Collegiate Learning Assessment—an online performance assessment of these core competencies: http://www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm#

12. Focus Group Results: Recent H.S. Grads Summary of What They Needed for College Writing skills Study skills and time management Research skills Study group experience What would your graduates say?

13. www.21stcenturyskills.org