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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARE THEY REALLY READY TO WORK, 2006 ARTS CURRICULUM 68% KEPT UP? of 8th graders are reading at THE JOB OF EDUCATION IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO SUCCEED Introducing Expert 21 ............................2 basic and below, IN THE WORLD. The challenge is that the world is a constantly changing The Expert 21 Learning Matrix .............4 st place. It has been transformed during our lifetime—technology has yet the literacy demands of the 21 The Arc of Inquiry ...................................6 become ubiquitous and global competition has intensified. The Explore the Expert Question.................8 Century require proficiency and beyond. economies of leading countries are now based on the delivery of Read and Synthesize ...........................10 AMERICA’S PERFECT information and knowledge—not on the manufacturing of material Write and Communicate .................... 14 STORM, 2007 goods. Given the rate of change, the world is likely to be transformed Apply Expert Skills .............................. 16 again before our middle school students graduate from high school, Expert Space ....................................... 18 in ways we cannot even predict. Today, college readiness A Systemic Path for Acceleration ..... 20 Across the country, leaders in education, business, the level of achievement attained by eighth grade is the Embedded Support (RTI) ....................21 and government are working together to articulate what single best predictor of college and career readiness, Assessment for the 21st Century ........22 also means career readiness. our students will need to be successful in the workplace trumping anything that happens in high school. of the 21st Century. While the future is inherently The average person in the 21st Century is likely to Actionable Reports ..............................23 While not every student plans to attend unknowable, there is widespread consensus that the change careers five times. Therefore, each person will fastest-growing jobs will require a level of education, have to develop a portable set of skills that will enable Essential Skills & Strategies .............. 24 particularly a level of literacy, that is higher than ever them to adapt from job to job. Critical thinking, problem A 21st Century Instructional Model .... 26 college, the majority of the fastest growing in our history. Yet 68% of American eighth graders are solving, innovation, and collaboration have become the reading at basic or below (NAEP). price of entry for every career. Expert Faculty ......................................27 st jobs require knowledge and skills comparable For today’s students, career readiness equals The central importance of 21 Century literacy has 21st Century Learning Map ................. 28 college readiness. While not every student will attend motivated teachers, parents, students, employers, and college, the majority of the fastest growing jobs require our national leaders to ask: Is the middle school English to that of a first-year college student. a level of knowledge and skills comparable to that of a language arts curriculum delivering the knowledge and THE FORGOTTEN st MIDDLE, 2008 first-year college student. Recent studies indicate that skills necessary for students to thrive in the 21 Century? 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