Looking at What’s Ahead
for Education

Change is happening all around us.

We can wait and see how those changes shape education, or we can steward these changes creatively and responsibly by proactively exploring the future of learning.

In Looking at What’s Ahead for Education, readers can examine future possibilities raised by KnowledgeWorks’ recent explorations of the future of learning. This short publication provides a digest of these possibilities in five key areas that shape how education operates today and will determine what unfolds for education systems and learners in the future:

1. Curricula and Classroom Practices
2. Assessment and Credentialing
3. Staffing and Supports
4. Technology and Learning
5. Governance and Decision-making

Looking to the future helps us take action today

Focusing only on how learning happens today limits the scope of our imaginations and risks keeping the next generation of learners stuck in education systems that already struggle to keep pace with people’s needs. Considering a range of possibilities can help us pave the way for future education systems that are equitable and learner-centered.

Education constituents need to take a long view to make sure that the future of learning meets today’s hopes of helping students of all races and ethnicities, incomes and identities pursue the kinds of learning experiences that enable them to uncover their passions and thrive in an evolving world.

What’s inside

Inside Looking at What’s Ahead for Education, readers will:

• Get a quick sense of changes on the horizon and the possibilities that they present
• Access a set of strategic considerations that highlights key issues to watch as we all work to realize a future of learning in which each person can thrive