Video: K¹²'s Approach to Learning, Part 2

Summary: We describe our approach to curriculum development as “tried and true,” but aren’t we also "cutting edge?" The truth is, we apply cutting-edge technology to make tried-and-true methods of learning come alive and engage young minds more effectively.

For instance, when we first began developing our programs in 2000, we knew that early reading was probably the most important skill we could focus on. We found the foremost reading experts and sought their help in selecting the best reading curriculum in the market. The advice we received was that none of them worked well enough. So, we decided to build it ourselves.

The reasons were clear, and get to the heart of why we are different:

• First, learning to read well, right at the outset, is incredibly important. Even math performance is tightly linked to reading.
• Secondly, we had clear research showing how to do this well. Research that gave us the confidence to build a program that would work for many different kinds of children. Our results over the last 8 years have validated that decision.