Guiding Principles
Knowledge Alliance's mission is guided by eight core principles to which all of our members subscribe:
1. Provide leadership in transforming education to prepare young people for life, work, and citizenship in the 21st Century. We pay special attention to students who traditionally have been under served due to race/ethnicity, poverty, first language, disability, or other factors.
2. Conduct and apply high quality research to identify and solve educational problems. We are particularly concerned about finding answers to enduring dilemmas that demand new and innovative solutions.
3. Advance research and development as the driver of change in education as it is in other arenas. We educate policy makers, practitioners, and the general public about the need for research-based solutions to educational problems.
4. Apply industry-accepted standards for research and evaluation methodology. We believe that the research methods should be appropriate to the nature and scale of inquiries.
5. Involve stake holders in their work. We connect with other communities and individuals that are interested in knowledge development and use, including those with new and different voices.
6. Assure both scientific rigor and relevance. We believe each are important in addressing educational problems and enduring dilemmas.
7. Recognize that knowledge development is cumulative. We believe in the frequent review of findings to confirm, build on, and refine what is currently known.
8. Transform research into practice. We are organizations that are flexible and adaptive to changing contexts. We design tools, programs and services that put knowledge to use.
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