Schools That Can

Design Challenge Schools That Can works with teachers and students in middle and high schools to bring powerful real-world learning programming to our schools, empowering students to drive their own learning while developing social-emotional and technical skills that will help them pursue their passions in high school and beyond. Teams of middle and high school students engage in design thinking challenges to solve local community problems while their teachers gain aligned, cohort-based professional learning to incorporate design thinking as a problem-solving approach in their instructional practice. Businesses and nonprofits in each city serve as the client for the challenge and support local teams, including by providing professionals to mentor student design teams.

Other Programs & PLG In addition to STCs signature programs and Thought Leadership series, STC runs several local initiatives, many in collaboration with local companies and organizations. For instance, in partnership with Prudential, STC Newark helps to connect high schools to math professors and actuaries to showcase math in the real world. Students visited several departments at Prudential and completed a project judged by Prudential employees. Other STC offices have run e2e and workforce development workshops with local partners to spread real-world learning and to connect education to employment.