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Education in the 21st Century each day becomes more popular in the media and academia. From Popular media such as Time Magazine and U-Tube covering the changes in the world to serious research from leading academics about curriculum design and assessment, a lot of creative brainpower has been invested in change in education. Here are some of our favorite articles, web sites, and books on the subject.

Books

The Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel Pink, New York, Riverhead Trade, 2006

The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century(Updated)
Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007

Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
Johnson, Steven. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005

Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform.
Cuban, Larry and David Tyack Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (1995)

The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market.
Levy, F. & Murnane, R. Russell Sage Foundation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (2004)

Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever
John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade, Boston, Harvard Business School Press 2004

Don't Bother Me Mom, I'm Learning
Prensky, Marc. New York: Paragon House, 2006

Articles

Gewertz, C. 'Soft Skills' in Big Demand. In "Ready for What?: Preparing Students for College, Careers, and Life After High School." EdWeek. June 12, 2007.

National Mathematics Advisory Panel: Foundations for Success: Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008)

National Center on Education and the Economy. Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. (2007)

Oblinger, Diana G., Ph.D The Next Generation of Educational Engagement
Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2004

Olson, L. What Does 'Ready' Mean? In "Ready for What?: Preparing Students for College, Careers, and Life After High School." EdWeek. June 12, 2007.

Trilling, Bernie The Once and Future Kingdom of Learning
SIIA 2003

The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, What Work Requires of Schools: A SCANS Report for America 2000. U.S. Department of Labor (1991).

Wallis, Claudia, and Sonja Steptoe: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century Time Magazine, Dec. 10, 2006

Web Sites

Route 21, Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Framework, White papers, and documentation from leqadership states.

Edutopia, George Lucas Education Foundation: Examples of 21st Century Education, Trends in education.

Did you Know? You-Tube presentation covering facts and statistics on today's world