The Core Knowledge Foundation seeks a strategic and visionary leader with a deep commitment to educational excellence and equity and a strong belief that knowledge-based literacy and curriculum are fundamental to a thriving democracy, to serve as its next President. This individual will build on the Core Knowledge Foundation's strong momentum and guide the organization in its next phase of engagement. With a range of content development and distribution partnerships, a network of over 2,000 Core Knowledge Schools, and a growing portfolio of coherent curricula across subjects and grade levels, in SY 2024 the Foundation is poised to engage an additional 1.75 million new students enrolled in schools adopting the Foundation’s printed curriculum while remaining the most frequented site for free downloadable curriculum. Building on this foundation, including extensive intellectual property and a robust financial model, the next President will work with the Core Knowledge Foundation board and team to develop and execute a vision, strategy, and plan to accelerate the Foundation’s engagement and reach and put knowledge at the heart of schooling in more classrooms, schools, and states nationwide.
ABOUT CORE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION
Dedicated to advancing excellence and equity in education for all students, the Core Knowledge Foundation (Core Knowledge) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., an acclaimed author of many books on education who pioneered much of what is now called the “science of reading” while at the University of Virginia, the Core Knowledge Foundation offers detailed curricular guidance and materials to schools, teachers, parents, and policymakers—to anyone who believes, as we do, that every child in a diverse democracy deserves access to enabling knowledge. Core Knowledge curriculum has been the subject of many research studies spurring curriculum change and influencing how reading is now taught across the country. With evidence that the Core Knowledge approach elevates reading scores, growing interest from state departments of education, and a partnership with K-12 curriculum and assessment company Amplify, adoptions across subject areas, especially ELA and Social Studies, have been increasing dramatically. The Foundation publishes a wide variety of educational books and materials, from curricular guidelines to comprehensive instructional programs. Many of these materials are offered as open educational resources (OER), available at no cost for non-commercial use. While annual royalties and low-cost print sales in excess of $15M fund the organization’s work and underpin a substantial endowment likely reaching $50M next year, our motivation is to share the knowledge and promote the adoption of a coherent, comprehensive, knowledge-rich curriculum supported by robust professional development far and wide.
Evaluation of candidate materials (resume/CV and letter of interest) will begin immediately and continue until a new President is named. Interested candidates can apply using the following Talent Profile link: https://talentprofile.diversifiedsearchgroup.com/search/v2/21273