Open and Shared
A Positive Disruptive Change
Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” KurshanExecutive Director
3May 2009
Imagine a world where…
We harness the collaborative knowledge of the K-12 education community
andThe power of next-generation Web 2.0 technologies
to transform education
Teachers can:
• Find, create, and share free and open resources
• Find targeted curricula
• Collaborate with professional colleagues
Schools can:
• Spend less on instructional materials
• Save or reallocate financial resources
4May 2009
Curriki is building this world
• Curriki is a free, open and shared online innovation that enables teachers to help every student learn
• Curriki is committed to empowering and supporting teachers
• Curriki improves teacher engagement and effectiveness
5May 2009
Great teachers are critical for the success of each student …
0
50
100
Student performance(percentile)
Age 8 Age 11
Student withlow-performing
teachers
Student withhigh-performing
teachers
53 percentile points
Source: Eric Hanushek, “Teacher Quality”; Andrew Rotherham, “Achieving Teacher and Principal Excellence”; McKinsey and Company, “How the World’s Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top”
“Current studies indicate that, among in-school factors, teacher effectiveness is the single most important factor in student learning”
6May 2009
…and the impact of ineffective teachers perpetuates the educational divide
0
20
40
60
80
100
Out of 100 9th graders, how many:
Enter9th grade
Eco
nom
ically
disad
van
taged
Not
eco
nom
ically
disadva
nta
ged
100100
Graduatehigh school
61
82
Enrollin post-
secondary
33
62
Graduatefrom post-seconday
21
50
Source: Andrew Rotherham, “Achieving Teacher and Principal Excellence”; Eric Hanushek, “Why Public Schools Lose Teachers”; The Bridgespan Group, “Reclaiming the American Dream”
Under-served students are significantly more likely to be taught by an ineffective teacher
Not surprisingly, the static teaching environment is reflected in consistently lower
outcomes for under-served students
7May 2009
Many good teachers are frustrated
Source: Teacher interviews. October 2008
• “Overwhelmed”
Teachers working hard to help all students succeed often find themselves:
• “Stuck using the textbook”
• “With little time”
• “Without the experience or tools”
• “Isolated”
• “Looking for opportunities to collaborate”
“I don’t even have time to take care of my own class. Any free time is spent doing
paperwork, making copies, or putting out fires. I just have time to get done what has
to get done!”
“Whenever I find something new, there is always a big chance that it is going to fall on
its face in the classroom. I usually don’t have time to take that chance”
“I always end up making the materials, because life seems so much easier if you
just do it yourself”
8May 2009
Open and Shared offers important improvements to the traditional model
Source: “Toss the Traditional Textbook: Revamping a Curriculum”, Edutopia Website
• Top down, passive • Bottom-up, active
• Expensive • Free
• Static • Dynamic & Continuously Improved
• Isolated • Collaborative
Deficiencies in the current model…
…are opportunities for the Open and Shared Curriculum Movement
9May 2009
Curriki is leading the Open and Shared Curriculum Movement in K-12
• Curriki’s 1.0 platform has experienced steady and significant organic growth
• Curriki empowers teachers to access and modify free, open and shared resources
• Curriki has engaged a range of partners, including for-profit and non-profit publishers, districts, states and Ministries of Education
10May 2009
Curriki’s Approach
• Build a repository of free, open and shared curricula & resources
• Build a suite of easy-to-use
– Collaboration tools
– Publishing templates
– Tools to align content to standards
• Provide robust quality control
• Demonstrate content efficacy
• Establish a community of educators
• Engage partners to participate in local and global projects
11May 2009
Curriki’s Repository
Free, Open and Shared Content:
• Lesson Plans
• Units of Study
• Full Courses
• Multimedia
12May 2009
Curriki’s Tools
• FIND – Search the repository and build collections of resources
• CONTRIBUTE – Share your best curricula with our global community
• CONNECT – Work with others to collaborate on new content development
13May 2009
Curriki’s Quality Control
The Curriki Review System
• Robust multi-level quality control
• File Check
• Review by subject matter experts
• Member Comments
• Metatagging to include connection to standards
• Member star rating system
14May 2009
Our Growing Community of Educators & Partners includes:
• Individual educator members
• Groups of educators
• School Districts
• State Agencies
• Ministries of Education
• Educators from over 200 countries/territories
• Social Networking connections (Ex. Twitter, Facebook)
• For-profit and non-profit publishers
15May 2009
Note: Conservative assumptions used. Additional savings could result when Curriki is adopted by a group of teachers, such as a district. Simba estimates the K-12 instructional material market to surpass $10 billion by 2010; NCES estimates $14.7 billion for 2006. Current Curriki membership equals 2 percent of U.S. teachers; 10 percent is a conservative assumption for the future.Sources: 2006 U.S. Census; Simba’s “Publishing for the K-12 Market”; National Center for Education Statistics.
3.1M
K-12 Teachers
Instructional Materials Market
4.5K
Avg. per teacher materials spend
$14B
Annual instructional materials spend
310K
Curriki Educators (10% adoption)
4.5K
Avg. per teacher materials spend
$1.4B
Annual spend on these teachers today
310K
Curriki Educators (10% adoption)
2.25K
New spend per Curriki Educator (50% less)
$700M
New annual spend on Curriki Educators
$700MAnnual Savings with Curriki
Open and Shared Content offers enormous cost savings
16May 2009
Source: 2006 U.S. Census; National Center for Education Statistics; Levin, “Costs and Benefits of Reclaiming Dropouts.”
Today4M
Current 9th graders
74%
Current average graduation rate
2.960M
Current graduates/year
3.6M
Remaining students
74%
Average grad. rate
With 10% Curriki
Educators
2.964M
Graduates/year with 10% Curriki
Educators
400K
9th-graders with Curriki Educator
75%
Grad. rate with Curriki Educator
4K
$209K
Higher student achievement will lead to more high school graduates ...
X
$840MPossible Lifetime Social Benefit per Class with Curriki Educators
Through increasing teacher effectiveness, Curriki will have a positive impact on student achievement ...
And each incremental graduate will have a lifetime social benefit ...
As well as tremendous potential social benefit
17May 2009
Curriki – Is it an Innovation?
Open and Shared
A Positive Disruptive Change
Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” KurshanExecutive Director
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