21st Century Learning

Pearson Foundation21st Century Learning is a video partnership between eSchool News and the Pearson Foundation.

Nokia and the Pearson Foundation have launched a new film series that profiles innovative leaders in 21st-century school reform. The project’s goal is to get people talking about what works, what’s needed, and what educators can do in their own schools to make sure their students succeed. eSchool News will be highlighting one of these films per month for the next several months. To learn more about this film series and the best practices it spotlights, read on.

Video Resources

The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century Education” profiles individuals who embrace and defend fresh approaches to learning and who confront the urgent social challenges that are part of a 21st century experience. “A 21st Century Education” compiles, in short film format, the best ideas around school reform. The series is meant to start, extend, or nudge the conversation about how to make change in education happen.[Read More]


digital arts alliance
The Digital Arts Alliance delivers innovative educational experiences right to students and their teachers, providing fully funded and fully equipped digital arts programs to middle schools, high schools, and community centers across the United States. These programs help participants develop essential skills they will need as they apply what they know to the kinds of collaborative, team–based projects that will shape their future. [Read More]

eSchool News articles

Tapscott: Digital natives need tech-rich education

Tapscott: Digital natives need tech-rich education »

Educators should change the way they view technology's role in everyday life in order to understand students' educational needs, said Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight, during a Jan. 19 Consortium for School Networking webinar...

January 26 2010 / Read More »
What every 21st-century educator should know

What every 21st-century educator should know »

Educators today are constantly bombarded with the phrase “21st-century skills,” and the message that all students need to learn those skills in order to succeed. And while general roadmaps can help educators get started on...

January 18 2010 / Read More »
Study questions learning-style research

Study questions learning-style research »

As educators struggle to define effective 21st-century instruction, one practice that many have viewed as fundamental to teaching and learning has come under new fire: catering to different learning styles....

January 8 2010 / Read More »
10th Annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards

TSSA Logo Meet 10 of the nation's savviest ed-tech leaders...and learn more about our groundbreaking awards program.

Read about the 2010 winners here.

See our 10 "Hallmarks of Excellence" that define a tech-savvy superintendent.

Watch the 2010 awards ceremony.

Listen to each award winner describe what it means to be a "tech savvy" leader.

Nominate a superintendent for our 2011 awards.

Highlights

Current Reports


Are netbooks right for education?

During a time of steep budget cuts, many school leaders have turned to netbooks as a less expensive way to get computers into the hands of every student. Read More Educators share H1N1 preparedness plans Feds propose rules for $650M innovation fund Computer virus steals $325K from district » View All

Dan Domenech at TSSA

Daniel A. Domenech discusses AASA's role in developing the stimulus package and eSchool News' Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards.
TSSA Ceremony
The Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards ceremony 2009 in San Francisco.
Chip Kimball Interview at TSSA
Chip Kimball, Superintendent of the Lake Washington School District, Washington, discusses the importance of CoSN's initiative: Empowering the 21st Century Superintendent.
Evelyn Holman at TSSA
Evelyn Holman, president of the Century Club 100.