10: How do we rearchitect the infrastructure of public education with equity and access for all?

This is a cross-cutting question. Necessary infrastructure takes different forms; see below for examples of organizations offering specific utilities, from rethinking architecture to controlling quality and monitoring the results of public investment through research.

"Improving the quality and consistency of learning experiences through shared aligned materials, tools, and infrastructure" was the top selected and ranked priority for innovation and improvement amongst survey respondents. Infrastructure-related entities crossed categories of types and segments, ranging from those supporting student, family, and educator way finding to models and resources, public entities working to understand the impact of new models through research and information sharing, and entities tackling credit transferability and data interoperability (to name a few). A few points we would call out include:

• There were only a few organizations we could identify working to share information on the quality of new tools and schools (both of whom operate within current horizons). At the same time, there are many emerging models aimed at offering learners (directly or through family decisions) the freedom to choose from different curricular products and tools. As we empower students and families to make choices about experiences and content, how will they know what quality experiences look like?

• Policymakers will play a critical role in the adoption of these new infrastructures. Of all segments, they are most likely to both have mission visions and operations in traditional current horizons. Shifting their actions and decisions will be essential. For example, In conversations with school and system leaders (not represented in this data set), TLA would note that student-information-systems (SISs), particularly those adopted at the state level, remain one of the highest barriers to scaling innovative, learner-centered approaches.

(Note: these examples are illustrative and intended to reflect a diverse array of theories, approaches, and stakeholders, including less well-known or emerging initiatives. We also attempted to avoid duplication across categories.)