Impacting Oklahoma Schools and Communities

The K20 Center has worked diligently to develop innovative learning strategies for today’s students. Receiving over $23 million in external funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust, among other sources has provided an excellent foundation to "grow and develop" cutting-edge research and development programs on strategies to enhance 21st century learning.

K20 Phase I Leadership program ranked 3rd nationally out of 50 state programs funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in developing school and district leaders for systemic, substantive changes impacting student learning (NSDC, 2004)

K20 Phase II Whole-Schools Learning program reported significant increases in high-achieving school practices of shared vision, collective learning, peer observation/critique and technology access and transfer (Southwest Educational Development Lab, 2004). The State of Oklahoma’s Academic Performance Index (API) increase in Phase II schools was 80 percent higher than the state’s average API increase (Office of Accountability, 2005).

K20 Phase III Teacher Learning and Phase IV Student Engagement programs have influenced over 40 schools. By 2008, the numbers will more than double to over 90 schools, impacting over 30,000 Oklahoma students.