What We Do

Curriculum, Publications, and Support for Knowledge-based Education

The Core Knowledge Foundation publishes and distributes a wide variety of education books and materials, including the Core Knowledge Sequence, a detailed outline of recommended curricular content to be taught in language arts, history and geography, mathematics, science, music, and the visual arts from preschool to grade eight. We support a growing nationwide network of Core Knowledge schools through instructional materials and professional development workshops.

The Foundation is also currently developing the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program, an ambitious effort to systematically teach and support the language skills and content knowledge children need to build reading comprehension. The program is currently being field tested in 17 cities, including a major pilot program in 10 New York City public schools.