Articles from Project Lead The Way

Project Lead The Way’s (PLTW) Board of Directors recently appointed three nationally recognized education leaders to its newly established Advisory Committee. Sean Covey, Julie Lammers, and Tom Vander Ark will join committee chair Dr. David Dimmett, PLTW President and CEO, and PLTW board member Zuheir Shahwan to address current educational challenges and shape the future of STEM education and career-connected learning.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a leading national nonprofit dedicated to empowering PreK-12 students with a STEM-focused curriculum, announced today the appointment of Dr. Jason Bailey as Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff and John Williams as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Customer Officer.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today that it has elected Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey (CJ) to the Board of Directors of the nation’s leading provider of transformative learning experiences for PreK-12 students across the U.S. CJ’s position as an Independent Director to the board is effective immediately.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) today announced a three-year $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support STEM education at hundreds of elementary, middle and high schools across Indiana.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Pathogen Patrol™, an immersive learning experience on Roblox designed by PLTW and developed by Tipping Point Media was named the best Educational Game of 2024 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative Education Technology products across the country and around the world.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today that it has elected Zuheir Shahwan to the Board of Directors of the nation’s leading provider of teacher-empowered STEM curriculum. Shahwan’s position as an Independent Director on the board is effective immediately.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit based in Indianapolis that equips PreK-12 students for a STEM-driven world with teacher-empowered curriculum in computer science, engineering, biomedical science and more, announced today that Joel Kupperstein will join the organization as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Product Officer. Kupperstein will lead PLTW’s product vision and strategy, including planning, research, development, delivery of new products, and enhancements of existing products.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today a new offering to their STEM curriculum called the PLTW Algebra 1 Advantage. PLTW is taking its inaugural step into the core education space with this new supplemental algebra curriculum where students are immersed in real-world challenges showcasing algebra’s practical applications.

Burns & McDonnell today announced their commitment to giving $1.5 million over the next three years to implement Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs with 100 percent of the donation going directly to schools across the United States.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today that it has elected Stephanie C. Hill to the Board of Directors of the nation’s leading provider of transformative learning experiences for PreK-12 students across the U.S. Hill’s position as an Independent Director is effective immediately.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today a major partnership with Roblox (NYSE: RBLX), a global platform bringing millions of people together through shared experiences, to deliver a high-quality educational experience available to students and educators across the U.S. Roblox’s grant will fund the development and delivery of learning experiences on Roblox to be released in the spring of 2022 for those in and outside of PLTW’s network of students.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced today the 2020-21 Distinguished Districts and Schools that have demonstrated their commitment to student engagement and access through hands-on, interdisciplinary STEM-based curriculum.