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6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

Christensen Institute

As we move through the beginning of 2024, parent power, rethinking assessments, and career and technical education (CTE) for every student are some of the trends rippling through K12 education. Here are six top trends for educators, parents, and policymakers to understand. It may even be declining.

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Innovation in action: Creating a new vision of school that prepares students to live

Christensen Institute

This is our second “Innovation in action” piece (find the first piece here ), where we ask leaders in the postsecondary and K12 space to discuss what innovation looks like within their community, institution, or school; why they believe it has the potential to help students; and tips for successful implementation or scale.

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Education reform is a cul-du-sac. It’s time to build new roads to new destinations. 

Christensen Institute

Is it possible to transform existing K12 schools? Can innovative, future-ready models of schooling be built from the schools that are common across the education landscape today? The new value networks that we need to support learner-centered education have a different set of priorities than those of conventional schools.

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The ecosystem evolution of microschools

Christensen Institute

That’s a question my 11-year-old son sprang on our family recently while we were waiting in line for a ride at an amusement park. Brick-like cell phones with spotty service had evolved into sleek machines that put the collective sum of human knowledge in our pockets—and, in the process, had made phonebooks completely obsolete.

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A standard play from the ed reform playbook could stunt the potential of a burgeoning field

Christensen Institute

These are interesting times on the frontiers of K12 education. are using the open plains outside the world of district, charter, and private independent schools to pioneer new approaches to education. The environment within which an organization lives is what Clayton M. No organization is an island.

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As education choice grows, expect more school unbundling, but no great unbundling

Christensen Institute

Every few years it seems that hype grows around the possibilities of unbundling education. The latest fuel is the emergence of at least 14 states with education savings accounts (ESA) programs that allow families to pay for a variety of educational programs and supports from public funds. Think of it more like a ticket.

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Can Team Teaching Break the Constraints of Conventional Schooling?

Christensen Institute

To make team teaching viable, we need innovations that can dissolve these practical constraints and facilitate efficient and sustainable collaboration within existing cost structures. Teacher burnout is a real and growing challenge for US K12 schools. So, why hasn’t such a promising practice truly taken flight?