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More Than a Word
How we’re changing the way we work to center the needs, interests and passions of each student.
Topics: Education Equity, Impact and Improvement, Systems Change, Vision and Culture
Meet Jayden Harris, Youth Justice Advocate
Jayden Harris is a tireless champion of Black youth, and his hopes for the future just might be yours, too.
Meet Governor Williams, an Ambitious, Community-Minded Leader
A character from IMPACT: Learning Edition, Karissa Williams helps players explore the future for community leaders.
One District Shares Their Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Journey
This video showcases a South Carolina district’s work to ensure each student gets what they need to achieve at the...
Using Systems Thinking to Make Critical Key Decisions
Superintendent Andy Withers stresses the importance and process of using systems thinking to make smart decisions, not temporary reactive bandages,...
Topics: Systems Change
Cast your vote for KnowledgeWorks in the SXSW EDU 2022 PanelPicker
KnowledgeWorks has submitted three sessions to SXSWedu 2022. Voting to select conference sessions begins now and the process only takes...
Topics: Education Equity, Education Policy, Future of Learning, Systems Change
Finding Your Path: A Navigation Tool for Scaling Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Scale personalized, competency-based learning with Finding Your Path: A Navigation Toolkit.
The Transformative Centering of Student Voices
Student researchers in YARI examined themselves within the education system to guide their research questions. Learn about the impact.
Topics: Systems Change
IMPACT: Learning Edition
IMPACT: Learning Edition is a board game that uses futures thinking to help you imagine and think critically about changes...
Empowering Youth with Systems Thinking
Explore the ways in which youth use systems thinking tools to see the big picture and address community problems.
Topics: Systems Change
Where Human-Centered Learning and Personalized Learning Intersect
Human-centered learning requires that we consider the individual – their needs, interests and lived experiences – when designing for education.
Authentic Relationships Wanted: A Human-Centered Approach to Systems Change
Dr. Shelley Zion, Faculty Director of the PEER Lab, share her insights for how to engage in meaningful community engagement.
How Public Schools Can Grow Stronger out of Strained Systems
COVID-19 and systemic racism have impacted and changed school systems. What does this look like and how can policymakers help?
Topics: Education Policy, Future of Learning, Overcoming Challenges, Systems Change
Bringing Justice and Equity into Education
Gregg Seaton and Jason Swanson discuss contested power and how education leaders can help rethink systems and stakeholders.
Topics: Education Equity, Future of Learning, Impact and Improvement, Systems Change
Educator Development is Worth Paying Attention To: New Resource and Customizable Toolkit to Help
Doing things differently in education is no longer optional, and this new resource can help school leaders and teachers.
Topics: 101, Assessment and Accountability, Building Capacity, Education Equity, Systems Change
Nevada Centers Equity in Leading Education System Design
Nevada creates Blue Ribbon Commission to help re-imagine an education system that is future-ready, resilient, equitable and student-centered.
Topics: Education Equity, Education Policy, Overcoming Challenges, Systems Change
Shifting My Mental Model: Systems Thinking in Action
Creating systems diagrams involves learning and reflection. See how mental models can change when taking systemic racism into account.
Topics: Systems Change
Befriending Uncertainty: Tools for Thinking and Collaborating
Introducing two tools for thinking about and collaborating to build education futures
New Collaboration Seeks to Transform the Way Teaching and Learning is Done in Arizona Schools
Center for the Future of Arizona, ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and KnowledgeWorks work together on a student-centered learning...
Futures Triangle: A Futures Thinking Now Conversation
The Futures Triangle helps teams take history into account when examining the present and creating a common desired future together....
Instructional Loss Does Not Equal Learning Loss
What have Arizona districts and state policymakers been doing to ensure success for all learners, even during a pandemic?
Topics: Education Equity, Education Policy, Overcoming Challenges, Social Emotional Learning, Systems Change
Collectively Striving for a More Perfect Union
In response to the “patriotic education" Executive Order, we stress understanding our history, good and bad, to create a just,...
Observing Interconnections: A Futures Thinking Now Conversation
One of the Futures Studies tools everyone can use to analyze issues at the systems level is a Connection Circle....
Mental Models and Transformation from the Inside Out
We must transform our mental models in order to transform education systems.
Topics: Systems Change