Reimagining High School for the Modern Era

American high school education is at a crossroads. While the world accelerates toward an AI-driven economy that demands creativity, critical thinking, and adaptability, our high schools remain trapped in an outdated architecture designed for a different era.

Through extensive collaboration with students, families, educators, employers, and community based leaders nationally, Carnegie has identified eight interconnected R&D priorities, to help catalyze and sustain high school transformation. These priorities are undergirded by two important cross cutting priorities: the implementation of robust, well-aligned public policy and the development of coherent educational infrastructure – the physical, digital, and social structures necessary to deliver impact at scale.

The Carnegie Foundation commits to accelerating learning and discovery across these priorities through partnerships with practitioners and policy makers nationwide. We will synthesize emergent findings, collaborate with research partners, and generate evidence to drive transformation at national scale.