How did Stanley increase their revenue 10 fold and what can educators learn from it?

Bezawit has always wanted to do something to impact her community in KC and her home country of Ethiopia, but never knew where to start… until she found Startland. For her SCI, she focused on immigration because as an immigrant herself, she wanted to help people feel welcome and thrive in a new place. Bezawit said that her 8-week SCI experience was empowering, supportive, and a big confidence builder: “You’re never too young to be able to make an impact and create change. I feel like over the years I’ve been limiting myself a lot because of my age or background. But since the internship, I feel like I have the groundwork if I ever want to work for a non-profit and just feel like I have a purpose in this world.”

Being a part of the Social Change Internship is already helping to shape the future that Djenabou wants for herself and her community. Read more about what she is doing right now to prepare herself for a life of changing the world.

Meet JT Bird. As a Startland Mentor he and his fellow volunteers are essential to the work that Startland does. Learn more about him, why he mentors, and how he pivoted careers (a few times) to find something that marries what he loves, and what he is good at.

Between school, being president of the robotics team, and starting a non-profit, Becca Houlehan stays busy. We caught up with her between passing periods and and study hall to see what life is like after her internship.

Meet West Village Realty, one of Startland Education’s sponsors. The West Village Realty team is passionate about education, and supports the programming we do every day because they know how important it is to prepare the next generation to impact our communities.

What can we learn about design thinking from international superstar Taylor Swift

To be human is to be entrepreneurial, and this innate entrepreneurialism should begin to be nurtured at the same time kids are learning to read and tie their shoes.

SCI Alum hosts Fundraiser for Eye of an Immigrant

Social Change Interns pitched their social topics and solutions to a full house for our fall SCI Showcase!

The 2023 Back to School Challenge positions students to collaborate on how to solve food scarcity utilizing urban farming.

Tim Nash, an alum of our early educator fellowship, shares how design thinking has increased engagement and impact in his classroom.

How can educators transform traditional grading practices into a collaborative learning opportunity that engages students? In our latest blog post, Startland’s Teacher Development Manager Adam Surrey shares his experience implementing design thinking techniques to create a feedback-driven classroom.

The fall session of City Wide Professional Development is a success!