StandardsWork

Activity one: u.s. dept. Of education/octaeon september 28, 2018 Standardswork was awarded a new five-year contract by the u.s. department of education/office of career, technical and adult education (octae) to continue octae's work implementing challenging state-adopted standards in adult education. Standardswork is assisting octae in the next stage of its efforts to strengthen the capacity of adult educators to implement these standards and break important new ground, focused on english learners. In fy 2023, Standardswork completed its fourth year of this contract receiving stellar reviews from octae.

Activity three: knowledge matters and curriculum matters campaignsthe knowledge matters campaign (kmc) is an advocacy effort that hosts a national podcast; travels the country to showcase student and teacher experiences utilizing a high-quality, knowledge-building curriculum; elevates a class of knowledge-rich curricula on its website; and provides a publishing platform for members of its scientific advisory committee. We've visited over 40 school districts and curated more than 200 videos on our website telling curriculum implementation stories by educators and students and work with external publishing partners to leverage wider audiences for educator-authored blogs and social media content that flows from these visits. Curriculum matters is a professional learning network (pln) of leaders in school districts that have adopted high-quality curricula and are committed to sharing their learning with the field. Standardswork quarterbacks pln's effort to tell its story nationally.

Activity two: communications projectssince 2021, Standardswork has been engaged by multiple clients to provide communications support and counsel, including tntp, a national professional learning organization, the albert shanker institute, and others.

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