Our Story

2Revolutions was founded in 2008 by partners Adam Rubin and Todd Kern, who were brought together by a shared vision for the future of education. Both Adam and Todd had extensive and varied experience in education design, research, and policy. The two also shared a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship that gave rise to the core 2Revolutions methodology.

Their early work was supporting the design of whole school models around a thesis of Future of Learning. To date, 2Revolutions has supported new school development and redesign of more than 400 school models around the US. Over time, the 2Revolutions team came to understand that while there is significant value in design and creation, we could achieve more impact by supporting implementation. Increasingly, this pushed the organization to expand and deepen its work around high-quality professional learning for educators in the system.

2Revolutions also realized the importance of providing for educators the same experiences that we strive to provide for students; therefore, all 2Revolutions learning experiences are designed to be learner-centered, equitable, and competency-based.

To date, 2Revolutions has worked with hundreds of school districts and tens of thousands of educators, helping to empower and support educators to implement more learner-centered and equitable classrooms and systems.

At 2Revolutions, we work to build more equitable learning environments for all learners through learner-centered pedagogies and leadership. To that end, we model and support mindsets that value all learners' identities, including their academic, developmental, cultural, and social-emotional contexts and motivations. This encompasses:

  • Personalized learning that is relevant, authentic, and differentiated for each learner’s journey

  • Competency-based learning that values any-time, anywhere learning and encourages knowing and being able to demonstrate through concrete evidence ownership of learning that is driven by the learner within a scaffolded framework that allows for a gradual transfer of responsibility

  • Use of a broad set of data that tells a holistic story of a learner’s knowledge, skills and mindsets

  • Inclusive learning environments predicated on high engagement and relational trust that build learner confidence and agency.

Our firm's name is derived from the deliberate integration of two forces that are reshaping the education landscape — the social change revolution that we need and the labor market revolution underway.

Our workforce has always been, and continues to be, fueled by free agents who are passionate about creating social change that is significant, scalable, and sustainable.

Learner-centeredness and equity are at the core of 2Revolutions.

All students, from pre-schoolers to graduate students, should have the opportunity to guide their own learning and demonstrate their knowledge and competencies in individualized and relevant ways. Communities should have the opportunity to design educational systems that address their unique needs and capitalize on their unique strengths. 

Today, 2Revolutions consists of a dynamic network of education innovators, across organizations, schools, districts, and universities, all working toward more equitable and learner-centered systems:

  • Our Core Team (CEO, Senior Consultants, Consultants, Project Associates, Leaders in Residence) works with our partner schools, districts, and universities in a coaching, facilitation, and support capacity to help upskill educators through our communities of practice and graduate programs.

  • Our Coaches deliver hands-on support to schools and districts by co-facilitating our communities of practice and serving as adjunct faculty in our graduate programs.

By partnering so broadly, we can extend and deepen our impact forever striving to deliver more joyful, engaging and responsive professional development to educators world-wide that shifts their practice and improves outcomes for learners. Partnerships are at the heart of what we do; from school districts and universities to foundations and for-profit ventures, our partners catalyze and enhance our work, as we do theirs. 


Explore ways that 2Revolutions can support your school or district through our Communities of Practice and Graduate Programs.