Keys to building a new generation of courses and schoolsWhile many futurists tout the value of teaching students 21st-century skills, bridging the concept with the practice is best accomplished by professional educators. Authors Bruce Joyce and Emily Calhoun know how to actualize the critical reforms that enable schools to prepare students for today's workforce. Specific steps include:Providing technology access to all students to promote equity and engagementDeveloping hybrid courses that prepare students to meet 21st-century needsDesigning professional development that connects technology to teachingImproving literacy instructionInvolving teachers, parents, and community members in school leadership

PrefaceAcknowledgments1. A New Chance to Live Our Dreams2. Terms of Convenience--Building a New Language for Teaching and LearningPart I: A Considerable Opportunity3. Educating at the Level of the Highest Ideas of Our Time--Enlarging Moral Purpose in the Pursuit of Equity and Excellence4. Promises--Educational Renewal Is Getting a Lift5. Platforms for Education: The Enhanced School/Home Educational System6. The 21st Century SkillsPart II: Important Things to Just Do Right Now7. The Responsible Parties--The Essential Local Democratic Process8. Near-Term Development--Hybrid Instruction and Learning Platforms Near and Far9. Crossroads--Actually Cloverleafs--for the High School10. The School as a Platform for Professional Development--The Reciprocal ConceptPart III: The New Basics of Embedded School Reform--Responsible Parties, Watching Learning Grow, Research and Development11. Pembroke Elementary School12. Direct, Performance-Based, Formative Assessment--Watching Learning Grow13. An Optimistic FutureReferencesAnnotated Bibliography and Other ResourcesIndexAbout the Authors