Guidelines & Standards

Overview

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as education leaders.

Rights and Permission for use of Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Information regarding permission to use Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs ^NEW!
Empowering Learners advances school library media programs to meet the needs of the changing school library environment.

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action
This publication includes indicators, benchmarks, model examples and assessments to support school library media specialists and other educators in teaching the essential learning skills defined in the learning standards.

Learning4Life (L4L)
This implementation plan was created to support states, school systems, and individual schools preparing to implement the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs.

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.