Ag Innovations Network

This grant would support the first phase of a five-year project to prototype a set of change management activities that would build school districts’ capacity to implement the Common Core standards with fidelity to deeper learning. The work draws from twenty years of experience with systems thinking and the mechanisms needed to create conditions for ongoing innovation in curriculum, instructional practice, and assessment. It will be led by Peter Senge, a world-renowned expert in organizational dynamics and systems thinking.

This grant is to prepare for a five-year project to prototype a "scalable social architecture" to make more visible and accessible ongoing learning about system change and the diverse types of leadership it requires at the building, system, and community levels to create conditions for ongoing innovation in curriculum, instructional practice, and assessment aligned with the new Common Core State Standards.