Justin Sewell
Justin Sewell has joined KCI as the Director of Partnerships & Programs. He graduated from Salisbury University with a B.S. degree in Molecular Biology and he received an M.S. degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. After working in a DNA diagnostics laboratory, Justin transitioned to education. He student taught in Vermont and then spent the majority of his teaching career in Baltimore County where he taught Chemistry and Biology and held a department chair position at two high schools. He brought his passion for technology, science, and education to the Silicon Valley Education Foundation where he was responsible for a variety of projects including the development of a middle school computer science course, observing and writing an ethnographic study on 7th grade math edtech products, and working with other nonprofits, companies, districts, and government offices to improve STEM education in the Bay Area.
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Bringing AI into the Classroom: What Real Professional Development Looks Like
March 12, 2026Walk into a professional development session at San Mateo Union High School District, and you might be surprised by what you see. Thirty teachers — not just talking about AI, but wrestling with it. Debating where it belongs in assessments and where it doesn’t. Redesigning lessons they’ve taught for years, this time asking: how do we… -
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Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Impact Report
August 1, 2025The Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) and the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) partnered in the 2024-2025 school year to help the district better support its Newcomers. Background It is estimated that by 2030, 40 percent of all U.S. K–12 students will be English learners (ELs)(1). As the population of multilingual students continues to… -
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Partner Thank You! Synopsys Outreach Foundation
August 1, 2025It’s not often that the CEO of a giving foundation volunteers to provide a workshop for the program/organization that it funds. Well, that’s exactly what happened at the KCI on Monday, June 23. Lauren Foote, CEO of the, a foundation whose mission is “To ignite interest, nurture potential, and empower all students in science, technology,… -
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Addressing the Talent Gap: Opportunities in the Semiconductor Industry
September 11, 2023In an era where technology continues to shape our lives in unprecedented ways, the semiconductor industry is at the forefront. Yet, there exists a vast talent gap threatening its growth and evolution. To tackle this challenge, Foothill College and the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) are partnering with the SEMI Foundation and Ignited in bringing… -
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Design Thinking in Any Classroom
October 30, 2022Design thinking is a term that has attracted a lot of interest. Stanford’s d.school popularized the framework and made it a phrase that has become common in conversations that revolve around education and innovation. Greg Brown, an alumni of Stanford University and a former engineer who has worked with thousands of professionals and students around… -
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Important Partnership for STEAM Leadership
March 2, 2022The Synopsys Outreach Foundation devotes energy and resources to ignite interest and cultivate potential for all of the Bay Area’s K-12 students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). They have been responsible for investing millions of dollars into programs, non-profits, and schools so that Bay Area students will be positioned to attain the jobs…