Core Knowledge Foundation

The mission of the Core Knowledge Foundation is to advance excellence and equity in education for all children. One of our endeavors is to shrink the fairness gap between the academic achievement of American students living in poverty and that of their economically advantaged peers. https://lnkd.in/e6AyG3_r

If you're looking for something to stream over the holiday or while you travel, download episodes from the Building Knowledge Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music. We created the Building Knowledge podcast to dig deeper into a range of topics within the umbrella of the Core Knowledge approach in order to support educators, school leadership, and other faculty, as well as parents of children learning through the Core Knowledge Sequence or curriculum. https://lnkd.in/eicUD7H2

American Education Week presents an excellent opportunity to celebrate education while honoring the teachers who make a difference in every student's learning. Our mission to advance educational equity is best represented by the Core Knowledge Sequence, which identifies and describes the specific core of shared knowledge that all children should learn. The Sequence is intended to help children establish strong foundations of knowledge grade-by-grade from preschool through grade eight. We would not be able to pursue our mission without our amazing roster of Core Knowledge schools, educators, and administrators. Thank you, this week and every week! #americaneducationweek

Introducing our keynote speakers for the 2025 Core Knowledge National Conference, Susan Lambert and Robert Pondiscio. Susan Lambert is the Chief Academic Officer of Elementary Humanities at Amplify and the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on K–12 education, curriculum, teaching, school choice, and charter schooling. Learn more about next year's conference, the first in a decade: https://lnkd.in/eZv3EahX

Web-based, teacher-driven games and assessments have arrived at Core Knowledge. We call them Digital Engagements. A Digital Engagement is an option pause in the lesson flow, in which the entire class participates in game-like scenarios. Individuals or class groups compete in answering questions based on the content of the lessons just completed. Each Digital Engagement takes about 15-20 minutes of class time. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8SrufFX

The Core Knowledge Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. We publish a wide variety of educational books and materials, many of which are open educational resources (OER), available at no cost for non-commercial use. In order to achieve our mission of providing these materials, we rely on donors for their charitable contributions. For this Giving Tuesday, we invite those of you who would like to support our mission of providing free curricular materials to students and schools across the nation. https://lnkd.in/e9ypFWxX

Early registration for the 2025 Core Knowledge National Conference is now open! This conference will not only educate teachers and school leaders but create excitement and enthusiasm surrounding the Core Knowledge Approach. This signature event will bring educators together to recharge and inspire you as we “keep moving forward” to increase student success. The conference is June 26-27, 2025 in Orlando. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eisjiu36

Elections are a vital part of our democratic system, and it is part of the Core Knowledge mission to prepare students to participate in that system. We do that through the Pathway to Citizenship, a thread that runs through the Core Knowledge History & Geography (CKHG) units in Grades 3-6, the Civics in Action found in the middle school U.S. History volumes, and CKHG supplemental civics units for K - Grade 8. https://lnkd.in/eeyg77sJ

It’s our goal to make Core Knowledge curriculum materials accessible to as many students as possible. The Core Knowledge Foundation is pleased to offer a range of Core Knowledge History and Geography (CKHG) titles in Spanish for free download. View the CKHG titles available in Spanish for each grade level. English translations of each Spanish title are included in parentheses. https://lnkd.in/eJvSwuQm

The Core Knowledge Conference is returning after more than a decade. Listen to learn why it's returning, and why it's "For Teachers, By Teachers." #ckla