Schools That Can stands in solidarity with individuals across the country demanding justice for Black lives. We realize these actions are not only responses to the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, [...]
By Alusha Olivier, STC Newark intern When you’re good at what you do, it spreads. Right? Look at Schools That Can (STC) Newark, an organization that helps students at different schools around Newark. As an [...]
Sally Rushford, principal at Beechwood Elementary Pre-K – 5 in Pittsburgh, knows firsthand the power of real-world learning. “As we looked at the rubric provided by STC,” explained Rushford, referring to Schools That Can’s Real [...]
By: Lucia Couto, STC Newark Intern (Newark Arts HS ’17, Harvard University ’21) In community service projects, the first step is often to analyze a community to better understand its needs and gaps. One very [...]
In our work at STC, we are fortunate to see students hit all kinds of milestones: The first time they build something in Scratch, or visit their school’s makerspace; the moment they realize knowledge they [...]