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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.
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.
Creating Transparency by Developing Common Language
Sep. 30, 3 p.m., ET
Join educators from two different schools as they share how they’re building common language with their learning communities to build trust.
Portrait of a Leader Virtual Design Workshop
Oct. 8, 4-7 p.m., ET
Help us define what attributes are key for transformational leadership.
K-12 Sustainability Summit
Oct. 16-17
The inaugural Penn State K-12 Sustainability Summit is a two-day event that brings together the K-12 and Penn State communities to collaborate on new pathways to increase sustainability efforts in the K-12 space. Jason Swanson and Anna Russo will facilitate design thinking workshops. Limited to 20 K-12 school systems.
Cultivating Leadership and Systems Change for Personalized Learning
Oct. 30, 2 p.m., ET
Dr. Brian White, Superintendent at Butler Area District in Butler, Pennsylvania, will cover approaches to developing a leadership culture and aligning accountability and growth.
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