Every learning experience is a proposition about the future.
Education Futures is the research and advisory practice of Dr. John W. Moravec. We work with education leaders to understand the changes reshaping learning, turn research into strategy, and build more capable, imaginative institutions.
Featured work
Selected research, books, and field notes for the choices ahead.
Building the future as a public good.
Power, knowledge, and institutional purpose shape the future. We work with partners to turn research into public tools and practical alternatives that expand who can participate in making it.
01Manifesto 25What we believe: education is a human, public, and democratic endeavor—and a site for collective agency.02Build a Positive RebellionWhat it takes: organize, create alternatives, and make institutions answerable to the futures they shape.03Global Education Futures Readiness IndexA measure of where education systems are prepared for what is changing—and where they are not.04KnowMappedGraph knowledge: make complex knowledge visible, connected, and open to exploration, dialogue, and action.
How we work.
There are no easy answers or universal solutions. Every project has its own history, people, and challenges.
We use research, futures thinking, workshops, curriculum design, and advisory support in the combination that makes sense for each partner’s particular context. We work from the belief that, together, we can build the collective capacity to transform education.
New from Education Futures
Articles, research notes, and announcements from the work in progress.
Who will shape education in 2036?
After EdWeek Market Brief’s K-12 Futurecast with Michelle Caffrey and Katherine Prince, John Moravec reflects on educational sovereignty, teacher judgment, and the risk of human attention becoming a premium service.
MCP support added to GEFRI
AI assistants can now connect directly to GEFRI to work with current and historical data, compare countries and regions, and interpret results alongside other sources and contextual knowledge.
Educating for what machines can’t do is the wrong approach
As AI takes on more codified work, schools need to develop the personal knowledge people use to create new value.
Work with us.
We bring research and strategic foresight to governments, universities, schools, international organizations, and civic groups seeking to make sense of change, explore viable directions, and build the capacity to act.
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