KnowledgeWorks: Charting a New Course for Education Forecast

As a student analyst, I was one of many students with the University of Houston foresight team. We conducted a series of Forecast Collaborator Workshops with thought leaders in K-12 education on behalf of KnowledgeWorks.

The Challenge
Having functional education systems requires, among other things, a stable social, economic, legal, and political order that values and protects their existence.

The Solution
This forecast outlines changes likely to shape K-12 education over the next decade, describes how those changes might unfold, and offers education leaders and changemakers strategic considerations to weigh as they chart their own paths forward into an unknown future.

The Impact
This publication raises ideas, issues, possibilities, and questions. Because facing or pursuing large-scale change requires changing underlying systemic structures, this forecast explores change and strategic considerations primarily at the system level instead of at the classroom level. This forecast assumes that everyone has a role to play in creating the future. Therefore, its content is intended for education leaders and changemakers, teachers, young people, and any other constituents who aspire to shape the future of learning.