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*The 21st century skills that are supported in Avonworth are collaboration with not only other students and teachers, but with cultural institutions and employers.  Communication is the base of the exposure students have to learning on a global scale.
* Learning experiences reflect culturally relevant pedagogy by disconnecting the students from the traditional classroom environment and turning the classroom into a 360-degree working laboratory.  Lecture time has gone from 90% down to 40%.
* The school promotes creativity by giving the students and teachers a chance to connect with contemporary art museums, allowing them the opportunities to create their own hands-on galleries (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Avonworth - Create, Collaborate, Innovate

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A traditional public high school, with deeply instituted partnerships with major local cultural institutions and employers, Avonworth gives students exposure to collaboration and design thinking from day one. Read more at: http://www.p21.org/exemplar-program-case-studies/1844-case-study-avonworth-highschool

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The students at Avonworth take career preparation seriously.  This school takes partnerships with cultural institutions and employers. Beginning on day one of a student's freshman year, they take surveys and career assessments that will build on their portfolios in anticipation of graduation and college admission. All freshman also take part in mentoring programs that smooth the transition into high school by connecting the students and teachers to build a successful school community (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Avonworth Powerful Partnerships for Learning

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A traditional public high school, with deeply instituted partnerships with major local cultural institutions and employers, Avonworth gives students exposure to collaboration and design thinking from day one. Read more at: http://www.p21.org/exemplar-program-case-studies/1844-case-study-avonworth-highschool

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Avonworth High School - Located in Pittsburgh, PA, Avonworth is a traditional public high school that consists of 460 students from grades 9-12 (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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* The 21st century skills this school posses is critical thinkers with problem-based design challenges.
*Culturally relevant pedagogy is expressed through the classrooms that are set up like design studios and the projects designated to raise awareness of other cultures.
*Teachers at HFA know how to make learning relevant and meaningful to their students by using cost-effective materials and since these students are of low socioeconomic status, they are relative resources (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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The school has 525 students that are spread across grades K-12 composing two charter schools. Henry Ford is a tuition free school serving 99% minority population and 86% free/reduced lunches (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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Henry Ford Academy: Elementary School students describe a design thinking challenge prototype they designed that would improve their community. Their user, Mr. Miller, explained that he would like to be more healthy, so they designed a nearby recreation option to meet his needs.

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Henry Ford Academy - School for Creative Studies District -
This school is located in the Detroit, MI school district. It is an expansion of other large city schools with the same mission in mind - to decrease dropout rates (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Creativity. College. Career. It all starts here. Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies (HFA: SCS), Detroit's premier art and design school middle/high school, serves students in grades 6-12. HFA: SCS is built on the idea that learning needs to be hands-on, connected to the real world, and should develop not only students' academic knowledge and skills, but also their potential as creative thinkers and innovative problem solvers.

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* This school has a variety of 21st century skills such as collaborating with people outside their classroom,  communicating with other students by defining their roles, and critical thinking by reflecting on how productive they are .
*Culturally relevant pedagogy can be difficult because it is still hard for the teachers to let go and let the students solve their own problems.
*The promotion of creativity with in this program is called STEAM Lab that is a dedicated place for students and teachers to go and do hands on experiments (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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This school is unique in its devotion to the "Think Tank" which is a program that looks rigorously at Common Core standards and turns them into project based learning (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Benjamin Franklin Elementary School -
This school is located in the western suburbs of Chicago. It consists of 570 students that get to participate outside of their classroom and into their community (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, n.d.).

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Now that we have a little background on what we are looking for when we say 21st century schools; here are a few exemplary options...

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Dr. Ken Robinson reflects on how schools can encourage or discourage creativity (TED, 2006).

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Dr. Ken Robinson reflects on how schools can encourage or discourage creativity (TED, 2006).

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Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED

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There are several schools that model programs that showcase culturally relevant practices, creativity, and innovation. 

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There are several schools that model programs that showcase culturally relevant practices, creativity, and innovation. 

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"It's okay to be wrong!" (Edutopia, 2016)

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Embracing Failure: Building a Growth Mindset Through the Arts

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Teach your students the recipe for success: taking risks, making mistakes, and integrating critical feedback. New Mexico School for the Arts GRADES 9 - 12 | SANTA FE, NM Explore more resources from this school: https://www.edutopia.org/school/new-mexico-school-arts

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Teaching in the 21st century has evolved from more traditional methods of teaching to methods that develop more critical and culturally competent thinkers. 

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Teaching in the 21st century has evolved from more traditional methods of teaching to methods that develop more critical and culturally competent thinkers. 

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Dr. Segev does an experiment on creativity (Segev, 2013).

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when there is a correct answer  Exercise in creative thinking