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KnowledgeWorks helps our partners in states and schools work together to align policy and practice, reimagining what education can do through personalized, competency-based learning – and what it must do to prepare students for a lifetime of learning.
In addition to being featured in media, our team of thought leaders produces timely, relevant work that informs the field.
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News feed
Read recent news articles about KnowledgeWorks, about and by our staff and featuring our partners from across the country.
Educator Roles as a Catalyst for Transformation
Explore the evolving roles of educators and their pivotal role in shaping the future of learning in a new Getting Smart blog by Katherine Prince of KnowledgeWorks. From Family Connection Coordinators to AI advisors, these new roles can help create personalized, meaningful educational experiences and ensure learners’ needs are met in innovative ways.
Hope in a Time of a Failing Education System: A Call for Transformation
Lead for Learners steering committee member Laura Jeanne Penrod writes about why schools need to change and how she is making it work for the students in her school.
EDU Café – STEM and Project-Based Learning
Deion Jordan of KnowledgeWorks guest hosts this podcast episode on STEM and project-based learning, featuring special guest Nikki Wallace of Crosstown High.
Nevada’s State Portrait of a Learner
In this podcast with Getting Smart, Supt. Jhone Ebert discusses the Nevada Future of Learning Network and references KnowledgeWorks’ partnership in helping to bring competency-based education to Nevada schools.
Teachers Want to Know More about Competency-Based Learning. Will They Embrace It?
As competency-based learning is slowly catching on, some educators still have never heard of the concept, and even more haven’t practiced it. What does it take for it to succeed?
Inside One District’s Experiment with Competency-Based Education
EdWeek published a five-part special report on K-12 competency-based education, including this article featuring a quote by KnowledgeWorks Vice President of Teaching and Learning Lauren McCauley.
Reinventing Roles to Advance System Transformation
This climate action advocacy blog highlights the recent KnowledgeWorks’ publication Envisioning Educator Roles for Transformation and its “refreshingly new approach” to what could be possible for a comprehensive education system redesign.
EdWeek Webinar: Personalizing Learning in STEM Classrooms
KnowledgeWorks Teaching and Learning Director Deion Jordan participated in a webinar discussion about personalizing learning in STEM classrooms. Other panelists included former and current KnowledgeWorks partners from Arizona, Ohio and Nevada.
Systems Change Comes from People Closest to the Learning
Senior Director of Systems Transformation Julianna “Charlie” Brown joined podcast host Lindsay Beth Lyons to discuss the importance of putting those closest to the learning at the center of education decision-making.
NASBE Launches National High School State Transformation Network
NASBE will develop this network in partnership with KnowledgeWorks. The article features a quote from KnowledgeWorks CEO Bill Hite.
Reimagining Education: Forecast Explores the Evolving Role of Educators
A KnowledgeWorks-issued press release is featured on the K-12 Industry Dive website.
Reimagining the Learning Profession: Transforming Education for the Future
Australia’s Centre for Strategic Education recently cited a KnowledgeWorks’ 2015 paper on future educator roles in this resource for its upcoming Salzburg Global Seminar on the Future of Teaching.
Our Past, Present and Future
Kara Bobroff (Diné/Lakota), a contributor to our forecast Imagining Liberatory Education Futures, writes about why and how the Native American Community Academy-Inspired Schools Network is necessary for Indigenous communities.
Upcoming events
Join KnowledgeWorks at upcoming webinars, workshops, conferences, information sessions and more.
Workshop: Future of Educator Roles
Dec. 4, 2024, 1 p.m., ET, Virtual
Join us for an insightful workshop focused on the evolving roles of educators in a rapidly changing landscape. This session will explore how shifts in education systems impact future educator roles, highlighting key implications and opportunities for transformation. Ideal for current educators and administrators, this virtual workshop will set the stage for understanding and adapting to these emerging changes.
Surfacing Future Possibilities for Educators
Jan. 30, 2025, 9 a.m., PT, Virtual
KnowledgeWorks’ Vice President of Foresight and Strategy Katherine Prince explains the foresight process for developing future educator roles and other ways KnowledgeWorks integrates a foresight practice into its projects to help innovate for the future of learning.
Virtual Researchers Roundtable
Jan. 30, 2025, 3-4 p.m., ET, Virtual
KnowledgeWorks’ Rebecca E. Wolfe and Rolando Fernando join The Aurora Institute and The Learning Accelerator for a virtual Researchers Roundtable focused on informing and improving research on personalized, competency-based and deeper learning.
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