Announcements
Wireless Generation Joins Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills — Monday, January 30, 2012
Washington, DC – January 30, 2012- Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), the leading national organization advocating for 21st century readiness for every student, is expanding its broad coalition of businesses, nonprofits, and foundations by welcoming Wireless Generation as a member.
“We are pleased to add Wireless Generation to the P21 Strategic Council,” said Lil Kellogg, Chair of P21 and Vice President of Education Networks of America. “Their forward-thinking leadership in 21st century education is a sign of growing support from diverse stakeholders seeking to work together to support 21st century readiness for every student.”
Wireless Generation serves more than 200,000 educators and three million students, producing a stream of educational innovations to help schools in all 50 states improve teaching and learning. Wireless Generation products include adaptive curriculum for differentiated instruction and teacher-centered, targeted assessment and analysis tools, as well as organizational change management, professional development, school turnaround services, and open source initiatives.
David Stevenson, VP, Business Development and Government Affairs for Wireless Generation, will represent Wireless Generation on P21’s Strategic Council.
“Wireless Generation and P21 share a clear vision of what today’s learners will truly need to succeed in tomorrow's world, where educational technology will enable new kinds of collaboration, innovation, and problem solving,” says Stevenson. “We are both committed to providing teachers the support, tools, and resources they need to shape that future in a way that’s ultimately best for the nation's schoolchildren. I look forward to the opportunity to work with P21.”
As a catalyst organization in the 21st Century Skills Movement, P21 works with education leaders, the business community, and state and federal policymakers to ensure that the U.S. education system equips students with rigorous content knowledge and the skills they need for college, career, and citizenship.
“We are excited to re-engage with Wireless Generation. Their expertise will strengthen P21 as a thought leader in 21st century education.” remarked Tim Magner, P21 Executive Director.
For more information on the Partnership for 21st Century Skills please visit http://www.p21.org and connect with P21 on Twitter @P21CentSkills. Organizations interested in joining P21 may contact cchepkwony@p21.org.
P21 Member organizations: Adobe Systems, Inc., American Association of School Librarians, Apple Inc., Cable in the Classroom, Cengage Learning, The College Board's Advanced Placement Program (AP), Crayola, Dell, Inc., EdLeader21, EF Education, Education Networks of America, Ford Motor Company Fund, GlobalScholar, Goddard Systems Inc., Hewlett Packard, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Intel Corporation, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, LEGO Group, Microsoft Corporation, Mosaica Education, National Academy Foundation, National Education Association, netTrekker, Pearson, Project Management Institute Educational Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, Wireless Generation, Verizon, and VIF International Education.
