What We Do
STC reimagines education through real-world learning by working with our cross-sector network of schools to empower leaders, develop teachers, and engage students around hands-on, Real-World Learning.
Our Signature Programs
Building Real-World Learning
K-8 Teachers & Students
STC works with elementary and middle schools to develop foundational skills through hands-on, challenge-based and project-based learning.
Career Skills
9-12 Students & Schools
STC helps high schools build career pathway programs supported by local industry partners and aligned with Career & Technical Education standards to ensure graduates have options.
Professional Learning Groups
K-12 Teachers & Leaders
Cohorts of educators and leaders from schools meet regularly to promote innovation and drive continuous improvement for their students.
Real-World Learning Rubric
Our Real-World Learning (RWL) Rubric, published in 2017, serves as a guide to help K-12 schools reflect, set goals, and drive improvements around RWL, which “at its core is learning that is active, applied, and grounded in the world beyond school walls”
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning results.” – John Dewey, 1902
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Why Real World Learning Matters
of U.S. employment is at risk of being automated out of existence
of low-income students earn a bachelor’s degree within 8 years
of parents and students say finding a career passion is important
See What Real-World Learning looks like in action
Students at Pioneer Academy in NYC engage in hands-on maker activities to learn computer science.
West Side HS students in Newark gain real-world experience through the STC Career Skills program
Chicago Tech Academy has piloted and grown a mastery-based grading system to support student success.