Career -Relevant Education: Connecting Learning to Work in the Modern World

Integrating Career Technical Education (CTE) and core academic instruction represents a major step toward modernizing teaching and learning at the secondary level. This integration aligns education with the evolving workforce, helping learners connect classroom concepts with real-world applications and develop transferable skills such as communication, problem-solving, and digital literacy.

40 Years Later: Remembering the Challenger

In January 1986, the crew of the space shuttle Challenger set out on a mission inspired by education. They were engineers, scientists, educators, and problem-solvers—each bringing a unique background, discipline, and passion to space exploration.

Unleashing the Critical Thinking Potential of All Students

Critical thinking is the precursor to innovation, a key to college and career readiness, and a link to more positive life outcomes. thinkLaw helps educators teach critical thinking to all students through its award-winning curriculum that helps prepare young people for the rapidly changing workforce that awaits them.

Media Literacy:  Amplifying Its Importance in Education

Media Literacy Week is hosted annually by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) to highlight the power of media literacy and its essential role in US education. Media Literacy Week calls attention to media literacy education by bringing together hundreds of partners for events and activities around the country.

Creating the Next Generation of Innovators and Problem Solvers

What if every student learned to think like an inventor? What if educators had a powerful way to inspire all students to engage in their own learning? What if young people were prepared to meet the demands of jobs that don’t yet exist?

Game That Invites Children to Build a Peaceful World

The World Peace Game is a hands-on simulation that lets players aged 9–12 explore the connectedness of the global community through the lens of the economic, social, and environmental crises and the imminent threat of war. The goal of the game is to extricate each country from dangerous circumstances and achieve global prosperity with the least amount of military intervention.

Arts Project Amplifying the Voices of Young Creative Changemakers

Young people face an increasingly complex world with global conflicts, social injustices, and mental health challenges shaping their realities. Teaching students about peace helps them develop problem-solving and social–emotional skills and promotes compassion, critical thinking, and collaboration—essential tools for navigating and solving the complex challenges they face and becoming impactful and engaged global citizens.