Participate Learning

In North Carolina's Global Leaders schools, kindergarteners build solar ovens, middle school students help eliminate single-use breakfast bags, and high school students turn survey data into peer lessons. Now, the state is recognizing the whole-school wor

A new independent UNC-Chapel Hill study takes a closer look at how K-5 students progressed in classrooms led by experienced international educators. When district leaders consider international teachers as part of their staffing strategy, they often ask a

Every district wants the same thing for every open position: the strongest possible teacher in front of the students who need one. That goal doesn't have a geographic boundary built into it, but the search often does. Most years, for most positions, the s

Dual language instruction is an approach to K-12 education in which students learn core academic content-mathematics, science, social studies, language arts-and literacy in two languages, typically English and a partner language. The languages are not tre

New alignment with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction recognizes the work educators and schools are doing with Participate Learning and provides a streamlined path to state Global Educator and Global Ready recognition. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -

K-12 News

Walk into a dual language classroom, and you'll notice something right away: students are thinking carefully. They pause. They try again. They listen closely. Language learning asks students to make constant decisions. Which word fits here? Does this idea

hree Belizean teachers-Clarisa Gongora, Laura Cantun and Shellon Nuñez-Flowers-shared their experiences of teaching abroad.

No one can say for certain what jobs will exist when today's students graduate. But we do know what skills they'll need to succeed in them. The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 points to a growing demand for human-centered competencies su

Superintendents are trying to solve a puzzle no previous generation of school leaders has faced. The industries, tools, and even job titles today's kindergartners will work in are mostly unknowable right now, which makes "career readiness" a hard target t