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Below is a list of some of the books, articles, podcasts and speeches published by - and on behalf - of the Initiative in magazines, journals and organizations in various countries since 1996.
+Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence by John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart, 2008. This book has been published as a pre-production edition by the Initiative. You can download the entire manuscript online and we have set up a response and feedback page to encourage discussion around the ideas contained within Overschooled but Undereducated. From the feedback back you can send us your comments as well as read responses we have received from other readers.
+Master and Apprentice: Reuniting Thinking with Doing. This book has not yet been published but is available to view in its manuscript form here. Read a review of the manuscript by Katie Jones here. Your feedback is welcomed.
+The Unfinished Revolution: Learning, human development, community and political paradox written by John Abbott and Terry Ryan. The book is published by Network Educational Press (2000) in England and ASCD (2001) in the US. The introduction is available by clicking here.
+The Child is Father of the Man: How Humans Learn and Why by John Abbott. 1999. Read a review here and an excerpt from Chapter One here.
+Learning Makes Sense: Recreating education for a changing future, by John Abbott. 1997. Available on the web site is the foreward. To place an order for a full copy please contact us
+Curious Teenagers, Busy Parents and Market Forces, an interview with John Abbott that appeared in Lion Magazine, Wesley College, Australia. 2006
+The November Journal, 2000, viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader
+"The New Economy's Impact on Learning," by Terry Ryan, September 2000
+"Constructing Knowledge, Reconstructing Schooling," by John Abbott and Terry Ryan appeared in the November 1999 issue of Educational Leadership.
+Learning to Go with the Grain of the Brain, by John Abbott and Terence Ryan appeared in the spring 1999 Issue of Education Canada.
+Relearning Learning: An Interview with John Abbott, from the March 21, 1999 Winona (Minnesota) Daily News.
+The Initiative's Policy Paper from November 1998 is the most detailed description of our work and is necessary reading for anyone interested the ideas and research accumulated by the Initiative. The document is available as a PDF file.
+...Learning, Learning, Learning!, which appeared in the 1998 Conference Issue of the (U.K.) Parliamentary Monitor.
+Making the Case: Understanding the "disconnects" that explain why good schools alone will never be good enough to meet the needs of the 21st Century (appeared in the May, 1998 (U.K.) Parliamentary Monitor).
+Upside Down and Inside Out: A Challenge to Redesign Education Systems to Fit the Needs of a Learning Society
An article that appeared in the January 1998 edition of The American Administrator magazine.
+An abridged version of "Upside Down and Inside Out: Why good schools alone will never be good enough to meet the needs of the 21st Century," which appeared in the January, 1998 (U.K.) Parliamentary Monitor.
+The Search for Expertise, by John Abbott. 1997. Prepared for The Independent newspaper in Great Britain.
+To Be Intelligent. by John Abbott appeared in the March 1997 issue of Educational Leadership.
+Click here for our podcast and media page containing audio from August 2008 onwards.
+Occasional Pieces A series of short pieces written by John Abbott on a variety of current topics. 2008
+So What? A young person's take on being Overschooled but Undereducated by Leigh MacTaggart Richter 2008
+A ten point outline of the central issues raised by the 21st Century Learning Initiative in discussions with English political and educational leaders , by John Abbott and Terry Ryan. 2001
+A new version of John Abbott's speech, "Battery Hens, or Free Range Chickens?" -- What Kind of Education, for What Kind of World?, as delivered to the Second Canadian Forum. Serves as a good introduction to the Initiative's ideas. 1999.
+Journey Towards an Understanding of Learning: a Head Teacher Travels with Education 2000 to the 21st Century Learning Initiative, by Janet Lawley, the first Fellow of the Initiative.
+A Proposal to Prime Minister Tony Blair Submitted by the Trustees of Education 2000 in September, 1997.
+The Synthesis. The Synthesis is based on the materials presented at the six international conferences the Initiative sponsored from 1995 to 1997. The Synthesis provides an overview of the values and main ideas that have been behind all the Initiative’s work.