Korda Institute for Teaching

Korda Institute for Teaching is an Ohio-based nonprofit whose mission is to transform school. It equips educators with teaching methods that build 21st-century skills, changing how teachers teach and students learn in urban and rural public districts, career tech programs and schools of all types. It reports reaching about 1,400 teachers, 350 schools and 500,000 students.

Founder and CEO Doris Korda, a former systems engineer and tech entrepreneur, developed Hawken School's entrepreneurial studies program and designed the Mastery School of Hawken in Cleveland, which is built around the institute's methods. Its partners include Columbus City Schools, through a two-year professional development and coaching fellowship; High Tech Academy in Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Southern New Hampshire University, which offers graduate credit for its online course. The institute has offices in Columbus and Cleveland.