Open and Shared A Positive Disruptive Change Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan Executive Director

2 May 2009 Imagine a world where… We harness the collaborative knowledge of the K-12 education community and The 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

3 May 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

4 May 2009 Great teachers are critical for the success of each student … 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 ”

5 May 2009 …and the impact of ineffective teachers perpetuates the educational divide 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

6 May 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”

7 May 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

8 May 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

9 May 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

10 May 2009 Curriki’s Repository Free, Open and Shared Content: Lesson Plans Units of Study Full Courses Multimedia

11 May 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

12 May 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

13 May 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

14 May 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 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 $700M Annual Savings with Curriki Open and Shared Content offers enormous cost savings

15 May 2009 Source: 2006 U.S. Census; National Center for Education Statistics; Levin, “Costs and Benefits of Reclaiming Dropouts.” Today 4M 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 $840M Possible 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

16 May 2009 Curriki – the Open and Shared Movement Become a member of Curriki today Donate to the open and shared movement Share content Encourage teachers to form groups and collaborate on curriculum projects Build and share collections

Open and Shared A Positive Disruptive Change Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan Executive Director