The K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal creates networks for innovation and transformation for leadership and learning across schools and communities.

By engaging young students through innovative learning and technology, the K20 Center creates a pipeline to higher education and industry as students complete degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and enter the workforce.

The K20 Center’s philosophy is a systemic approach that starts with professional development of educational and community leaders and progresses through phases to engage students.

K20 Authentic Learning and Teaching (K20alt) provides educators with free model lessons that engage students and create deeper learning. K20alt now has more than 1,000 members across the nation and in more than 20 countries.

K20 Center’s leadership program ranked third nationally out of 50 state programs funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in developing school and district leaders for systemic, substantive changes impacting student learning.

In 2008 the U.S. Department of Education awarded a $17 million grant to the K20 Center to work with schools to prepare students for post high school opportunities.

K20 Center researchers presented more than 50 state, national and international scholarly publications evaluating effective school leadership, authentic learning and professional learning communities.

The K20 Center’s educational efforts are supported by funding and collaborative partnerships the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BP, Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust, Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation, National Science Foundation, Oklahoma Technical Assistance Center and the United States Department of Education.

The K20 Center is a university-wide research center located on the University Research Campus at the University of Oklahoma.