Future of work and education
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Top takeaways from one of education’s biggest annual events
The Luminary Labs team’s insights from SXSW EDU 2024.
8 high schools that will change the way you think about space innovation
Your Place in Space Challenge announces winners.
Designing and building future-ready K-12 education environments
$2.2 million Learning Landscapes Challenge is accelerating infrastructure solutions to deliver and connect learning experiences across contexts.
High-impact solutions to an urgent adult education problem
U.S. Department of Education announces winners of the Future Finder Challenge.
Developing the space workforce
CTE Momentum and the Middle Grades CTE Accelerator help connect students with space careers.
Developing education ecosystems to help secure cyberspace
CTE CyberNet and the Middle Grades CTE Accelerator are part of America’s larger efforts to strengthen our cyber workforce.
Connecting high school students with space careers
U.S. Department of Education launches the Your Place in Space Challenge.
New edtech prototypes support career navigation for adult learners
U.S. Department of Education announces five finalists in the Future Finder Challenge.
Increasing access to CTE with a new annual challenge series
U.S. Department of Education launches CTE Momentum.
IES announces finalists in Learning Acceleration Challenges
Advancing interventions to improve math achievement.
Luminary Labs to design and produce Middle Grades CTE Accelerator
New program will build teacher capacity and expand effective education models.
People, places, and possibilities
Download our latest report on new value propositions for the future of work.
Luminary Labs awarded ED ARPA contract
Advancing innovation through the U.S. Department of Education’s new Experimental Design and Advanced Research Projects Accelerator.
Designing technical assistance that supports innovation and innovators
How the Rural Tech Project has created time and space for convening, collaboration, and connection.
Driving development of upskilling and reskilling initiatives
How the Rethink Adult Ed Challenge spurred new high-quality pre-apprenticeship programs — at scale.
Incubating a national cybersecurity teacher professional development initiative
How CTE CyberNet strengthened cybersecurity education in high schools.
Designing a national challenge to inspire transformational STEM learning experiences
How CTE Mission: CubeSat brought space missions to high schools.
Piloting novel approaches to skills-based distance learning
Rural Tech Project finalist teams are implementing and iterating new STEM education programs.
Transforming workforce training opportunities with pre-apprenticeships
The Rethink Adult Ed Challenge announced the grand-prize winner and four runners-up.
Students bring space missions to life with CTE Mission: CubeSat
Open innovation challenge puts career and technical education at the center of transformational learning experiences.
To build a strong cybersecurity workforce, start with educators
CTE CyberNet explored new ways to help teachers develop technical skills.
Building and scaling engagement with edtech for upskilling
Empowering educators to pilot and create open educational resources.
Incentivizing the game industry to solve for education
Balancing requirements and incentives to attract innovators.
3 organizations, 3 approaches to upskilling
A look back at three years of Power in Numbers research on adult education, edtech, upskilling, and the importance of math.
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