Our Director of Curriculum Development Kate Farrell was invited to speak at The National Academies workshop “International Practices in K-12 Mathematics Education: The Role of Computational Thinking, Data Science, and AI“, which took place in Washington, DC on the 23-24 February 2026.
The workshop was aimed at discussing processes, mechanisms, and best practices for revising secondary mathematics curriculums and identifying the necessary competencies for delegate countries to remain globally competitive. Kate was invited to contribute to a session on curriculum development and policy implementation and bring Scotland’s example. Her presentation is available to watch online at this link.
We welcomed this event as a chance to keep strengthening our relationships with international colleagues and we are proud to see our work not just recognised on a global scale but also mentioned as an example of good practice across countries. You can read Kate’s reflections on her participation in the workshop here.
The invitation to The National Academies workshop is inscribed in a relationship of collaboration and recognition between our US colleagues and Kate and the DES team. In the US, the data literacy model we are developing in Scotland is consistently being highlighted as an exemplar, including in discussions that US colleagues, namely the team at DS4E, brought to the White House in 2024.