Concord Community Schools is proud to announce its selection as one of 24 systems participating in the Future of High School Network, a new national initiative led by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This initiative is designed to bring together innovative systems from across the country to catalyze learning, knowledge and progress to support a new architecture for high schools nationwide.

This work is built around a shared vision that high schools should be places where students gain meaningful skills, engage deeply in their learning, and graduate ready to thrive in a changing world. Through this partnership, Concord will explore models rooted in competency-based education and improved tools to measure and support student growth.

“At Concord, we are committed to making learning meaningful for every student. This opportunity will help us challenge outdated systems, design more relevant learning experiences, and ensure that students leave Concord High School prepared not just to succeed, but to lead,” said Dan Funston, Superintendent of Concord Community Schools. “We are honored to join this national conversation and look forward to collaborating with others who are reimagining what high school can be.”

As part of this initiative, Concord will also contribute to the Carnegie Foundation’s upcoming National Research and Development Agenda, a comprehensive roadmap outlining research and development priorities that support high-quality high school transformation across the country. Insights from network members will help identify the conditions necessary for innovation to take root, sustain, and scale.

"The Carnegie Unit has become the bedrock currency of the educational economy, defining almost all aspects of schooling and systematically conflating time and learning,” said Dr. Timothy Knowles, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. “The insights and partnerships generated by the extraordinary members of this network — in parallel with the priorities outlined in our forthcoming National Research and Development Agenda — will support knowledge building to enable innovation to flourish in high schools everywhere.”