A clear and concerning “skill gap” exists today, and it will only worsen with continued improvements in automation, robotics and artificial intelligence, among other technologies. Yet as careers grow ever more diverse, we remain almost singularly devoted to the four-year high school and four-year college preparation model as the pathway to an attractive career.

The Indian Creek High School Tech Tribe of 10 students is tasked with solving other students' Chromebook issues. Each member of the tech tribe receives credit for an elective class, and one can earn college credit in computer science. These students also work on coding and other computer curriculum when they are not helping their peers and teachers.

Urban Alliance, a national youth workforce development organization, was awarded a three-year grant by News Corp to fund workforce readiness training and paid professional internships for economically-disadvantaged high school youth in southeast Washington, D.C.

Reveal Math for grades 6 through 12 will be available in fall 2019, followed by the release of the K5 edition. Inspire Science will be available for K12 classroom implementation beginning in fall 2019. Additionally, Inspire Science Collaboration Kits for grades K8 help make planning easier for hands-on time so teachers can focus on the curriculum.