Today the Partnership for 21st Century Skills published a guest post from Metiri’s very own Cheryl Lemke. In Cheryl’s post she talks about the challenge for schools to overcome complacency about the need for 21st Century Skills. As always, Cheryl brought new thinking and a great perspective to our continued...
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Web 2.0 – where are you and how to start
Recently at a conference we observed that while some educators are diving head first into the world of Web 2.0 there are still many that are unsure of where to start. Some see themselves as power users and are, some see themselves as power users and quite frankly are not....
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Metiri at AACE’s SITE Conference Discussing 21st Century Skills and Teacher Education
Metiri’s Jody Britten will be presenting on AP21 at AACE’s SITE (the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) conference on March 8th in Austin, Texas. Jody will be sharing our work with AP21 and the preliminary research that suggests AP21 can be used to address 21st Century Skills in...
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Getting to 21st Century Learning
Recently, Jody Britten spent some time talking with a group of school administrators from Indiana. The focus of their time together was on implementing the Common Core Standards and using technology to help engage students in the higher order thinking tasks embedded into the Common Core Standards. As the discussion...
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Supporting Local Data Driven Decision Making
In a new publication by IES, Cheryl Lemke co-authors a new report on what four states are doing to support local data-driven decision making. This collaboration between Rand and Metiri focuses on two important research questions: • What policies or practices in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, and Virginia support local use...
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