KnowledgeWorks was founded on the conviction that education liberates people to shape their futures – and that all of us deserve the chance to experience the full power of education in our lives.

Since 2006, we have built on that founding belief by engaging in a form of intellectual time travel. We’ve worked with forecasting experts, studied data on the trends shaping our world and joined conversations with others thinking about where education is heading.  Through our work building the 2020 Forecast, we know more about the future of education than ever before. see Envisioning the Future >>

As we have come to understand how vitally important it is for our country’s outdated education system to evolve into a 21st-century world of learning, our mission has broadened to include helping others envision and create an education system for today and tomorrow. We’re also putting those ideas into practice as we work to bring the future to America’s high schools.

Our vision and purpose

KnowledgeWorks’ core purpose is to fulfill the promise of learning for all in a dynamic world.

Our vision is to transform education in the U.S. from a world of schooling to a world of learning.

The values that guide our work grow out of our core purpose and vision.

• Learning: recognizing the importance of learning to our future.
• Foresight and innovation: being a pioneer; foreseeing the future and acting on it.
• Equity and social justice: valuing and respecting every individual.
• Courage: facing large and complex challenges.
• Sustainability: making durable change by working with others.
• Organizational excellence: realizing the moral and practical necessity of a high-quality organization.