About Route 21

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Route 21 was created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education. The organization brings together the business community, education leaders, and policymakers to define a powerful vision for 21st century education to ensure every child's success as citizens and workers in the 21st century. The Partnership encourages schools, districts and states to advocate for the infusion of 21st century skills into education and provides tools and resources to help facilitate and drive change.

Member organizations include: Adobe Systems Incorporated, American Association of School Librarians, Apple, AT&T Foundation, Blackboard, Cable in the Classroom, Cengage Learning, Cisco Systems, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Davis Publications, Inc., Dell, Discovery Education, Education Networks of America, ETS, EF Education, Ford Motor Company Fund, Giant Campus, Intel Corporation, JA Worldwide, KnowledgeWorks, LEGO Group, McGraw-Hill Education, Measured Progress, Microsoft Corporation, National Education Association, Oracle Education Foundation, Pearson Education, PolyVision, SAP, Sesame Workshop, Texas Instruments, THINKronize, Verizon, Wireless Generation.

The goal of Route 21 is to provide an online interactive tool that demonstrates how 21st century skills can be supported through standards, professional development, assessments and curriculum and instruction, with a particular focus on:

  • Serving as an informational tool for state leaders, policymakers and practitioners interested in implementing 21st century education initiatives
  • Enabling 21st century skills implementation in schools, districts and states by sharing promising practices
  • Supporting the 21st century skills community of advocates, practitioners and other stakeholders through the use of Web 2.0 features
  • Soliciting user-generated content on 21st century skills
  • Providing an efficient method for various education groups working on 21st century skills to disseminate and receive feedback on their work

 

Partnership for 21st Century Skills