Youth Entrepreneurship

Teaching in a Hybrid World
October 4, 2021
It’s October. The pace of funneling students into school rooms and Zoom rooms is running full speed, and the holidays are already peeking over the horizon. And the teacher’s job
Youth Entrepreneurship team supports Verizon edtech portal, labs program expansion
August 11, 2021
To say we are thrilled to be a part of this is an understatement. Our Youth Entrepreneurship team has been hard at work developing STEM-focused curriculum for the soon-to-be launched

Engaging kids in STEM activities over the summer
July 28, 2021
“School’s out for summer School’s out forever” – Alice Cooper Alice Cooper’s rock anthem, “Schools out” has been a refrain for students for generations but just because school’s out

Championing English Language Learners in STEM
June 1, 2021
This post is written by Sandra Castro, a Program Coordinator for the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurship team. In her role, Sandra provides support to middle

Engaging middle schoolers with sustainable development goals
April 20, 2021
April heralds a special day many have come to recognize as the environmentally aware holiday, Earth Day. The day’s origins can be traced back to the late 1960s as the

The power of leveraging safe spaces to foster and sustain the entrepreneurial mindset
March 8, 2021
What do you want to be when you grow up? A question that is frequently asked of us throughout our early years. It is also a question that we change

Using design thinking to cultivate community outside the middle school classroom
November 5, 2020
Sizzling pork shoulder in adobo sauce, warmed up corn tortillas, expertly diced tomatoes and a roasted garlic that you can almost smell. No, this is not Taco Chronicles on Netflix.

Three Tech Tools to Engage K-12 Learners
September 30, 2020
In our ever-changing educational world where students are learning from home, learning in a hybrid scenario, how do educators engage students, check for understanding, and fully explore challenging content across
Reinventing the wheel: Breakthrough Schools receives innovation grant
February 24, 2020
Powered by ASU’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation department in partnership with Verizon Wireless, a Cleveland charter school was one of the first in the country to receive a technology overhaul, including