21st-century learning

The study, "21st Century Skills and the Workplace: A 2013 Microsoft Partners in Learning and Pearson Foundation Study," conducted by Gallup, confirms the positive connection between the development of the competencies known as 21st century skills: critical thinking, real world problem solving, collaboration and communication skills, and future job success. Yet more than half of those surveyed (59%) said they developed the skills they use at their current job outside of school.

Education and tech leaders lauded the Obama administration’s efforts to open the science, technology, engineering and math fields to more students — but said the resource challenges in underfunded schools remain a major hurdle.

Business leaders and school officials met to discuss the state of technology in Sumner County (Tenn.) Schools and ways to address areas of need at a panel discussion hosted by COMPASS and the Hendersonville Young Professional Council at Volunteer State Community College.

One of the major driving forces in education in the 21st century is technology, whether it be in the classroom or behind the scenes, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Niagara Falls City School District.

It isn’t just parents who should worry about kids who waste their time thumbing video games and text messages instead of doing their homework. America’s position as a world leader is at stake.

In a recently released study, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen introduces a fundamentally new concept into the world of disruptive innovation: the theory of hybrids.

One of northeast Florida’s fastest-growing tech companies is launching a trade school program for .NET Framework developers. In August, Pragmatic Works will open Vivo School, an 18-week accelerated training program that will give students Microsoft certification preparation, help them create a portfolio of real-world projects, and spend time developing actual corporate client projects.

Twenty New York City middle schools will add an extra 2.5 hours to the school day of 2,000 sixth-graders starting in September, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said on Monday.

Big data, open content, mobile learning, and digital printing are just some of the big themes represented in this year’s "NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K12 Edition." The report is a collaboration between the New Media Consortium, the Consortium for School Networking, and the International Society for Technology in Education.

The Lenawee Intermediate School District (Adrian, Mich.) opened the Center for a Sustainable Future, a $4 million, 9,000-square-foot building. The school and its surrounding 75 acres of fields and forests will serve as a living laboratory for the future of agriculture.