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Summit Transition

After eleven successful years of hosting Summit, the Carnegie Foundation is transitioning leadership to a coalition of organizations committed to advancing educational improvement. In this transition year, there will be two smaller Summits aimed at reducing costs and travel barriers, while enabling greater focus and connection for action:

  • Improvement Summit: Spring will take place in San Diego, CA, at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education from March 30th to April 1st, 2025.

  • Improvement Summit: Fall will be held in Nashville, TN, in early November 2025, in partnership with the National Center for School University Partnerships (NCSUP).


Starting in 2026, the new National Coalition for Improvement in Education (NCIE), housed at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, will take responsibility for hosting Summit with others as part of its ongoing commitment to the field.


Spring Summit 

Spring Summit 2025 will differ from past summits in its purpose, scale and design. Due to space constraints, the spring event will be a more intimate "community of the committed" intended to deepen our relationships and our learning, sharpen our collective focus on results, and develop a sense of our goals for the Improvement Movement. If you are someone who

  • is actively engaged in improvement work and sees yourself and your organization’s work as an integral part of moving Improvement into the mainstream of education,
  • has results that can serve as proof points to anchor improvement in outcomes and/or,
  • is excited about discussing strategies to grow an improvement movement grounded in equity, results, and community,

then this convening is absolutely for you. If you are new to improvement science or not actively engaged in the work at this time, we will share other opportunities and resources to support you and encourage you to attend Fall Summit 2025!

Spring Summit 2025 will be different. We will be convening in K-12 schools and classrooms, close to the heart of the work we all strive to impact. We will be meeting in more intimate groups, and engaging in interactive experiences, reflection, and dialogue. We will be learning from each other, pushing our work to the next level, and dreaming together through workshops and new ways of seeing our work through Improvement Reviews and Den Talks with innovators and leaders in our field. And though we will not be in a hotel, we will keep you well-fed and highly-caffeinated. Embedding our summit in K-12 schools is intentional. It allows us to stay grounded, reduce costs for attendees, and build a sustainable event so that we continue to thrive as a community into the future.

Check back for more information about Fall Summit 2025 and the opportunity to present at that event.


GET READY TO REQUEST A SPOT DAY DECEMBER 16th-18th

Only 600 people can attend Spring Summit 2025 and spots will go fast! Those whose workshop proposals are accepted will get priority registration and a presenter discount. 

December 16th 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time - December 18th 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time is the window to Request a Spot. On this day, we will release this form for those interested in attending to request a spot for Spring Summit. We will keep the form open until Dec 18th at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Our goal is to maximize momentum and ensure a diversity of organizations in the room.

With appreciation to the Improvement Summit Planning Team:

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
National Coalition for Improvement in Education @ the High Tech High Graduate School of Education
Improvement Collective
Improvement Scholars Network
Learning Forward
National Center for School-University Partnerships
Network for College Success
Partners in School Innovation


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We are here to help. Contact us at SummitSpring2025@carnegiefoundation.org


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