Impact Driven Research
We are curious, agile, and adept problem solvers. We leverage what we know about research and learning to empower teams to deliver.
What We Do
Research & Evaluation
We build future-focused curriculum, instruction, and assessment systems that are responsive to local context and global needs.
Skilling & Reskilling Educators
We prepare adults in education systems for a constantly evolving landscape by focusing on upskilling. This leads to teachers who are better at their craft and more confident in its execution.
Bridge Humans & Tech
We help educators, leaders, and system designers optimize how they position humans and technology to collaborate for wins in teaching and learning for young people and adults.
Vision & Strategy
We harness decades of facilitation experience and deep expertise in how education systems operate to cut through the chaos. We help stakeholders identify a common vision, develop priorities and decisions rules and cultivate productive habits.
Our Super Power
Combining a practical approach to learning with a learning-based approach to practice.
Who We Are
Katie Van Horne, Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Human Development, leads Concolor Research.
Katie is a seasoned design researcher and learning scientist who approaches problems with curiosity and empathy. With a Ph.D. in learning sciences and human development and a suite of research methods, Katie cares deeply about uncovering the social and technical conditions that enable designs and innovations to be successful and scalable.
She has deep expertise in educational systems, instructional design, and assessment and is committed to collaborative design to create relevant and meaningful learning for students.
With a diverse background in curriculum products, state policy and assessment systems, and academia, Katie is well positioned to bring together individuals with targeted expertise to understand systems and solve problems. She has curated a network of educators, researchers, and designers who make up the Concolor team. Together, we center relationships, focus on cultivating human capacities, and view advances in research and technology as our partners in building futures.
Katie Van Horne, Ph.D
We are researchers and systems designers, committed to finding a balance between best practices from the learning sciences and functional realities of the world we live in.
As a team, we are …
Early Responders
We thrive on the early days of new challenges, when the problems are at their stickiest and the opportunities are boundless.
Collaborators
We surface the wisdom of local communities and design creative processes and products with and for the people they are meant to serve.
Strategists
We are equal parts systems thinkers and systematic doers. We work with leaders to develop contextually specific processes and products that are goal-oriented and impactful.
Lovers of Learning
Everything we do is build upon the foundation of how young people and adults learn, develop, and perform.
Researchers
Our expertise is grounded in cognitive, learning, and measurements sciences. We are curious, with robust research backgrounds and deep experience learning with practitioners.
Contact us.
We would love to hear what you’re up to and explore how we might work together!
Katie@concolorresearch.com