What Happens When Career Exploration Starts Close to Home

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Emma Moore

"I want this to be my job." Caroline Baker was moving through the stations at Chowan Middle School's Earth Walk…

How Participate Learning Supports Ambassador Teachers Throughout Their Journeys

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You've been accepted as an Ambassador Teacher. Now the questions start: Where will you live? Who do you call if…

Career Readiness Skills Start With Self-Awareness: A Framework for K–12 Schools

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One morning at Heritage Middle School (Burke County Public Schools, North Carolina), students in Tim Gallagher's eighth-grade English class noticed…

What Is Dual Language Instruction? How It Works in K–12 Schools

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When Latreicia Allen served as principal of William H. Owen Elementary School (Cumberland County Schools, NC), she watched her school's…

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A North Carolina state senator visited Grandview Middle School in Hickory during NC Legislators in Schools Week and stopped mid-visit…

How the J-1 Visa Teacher Program Works—Eligibility, Application, and What to Expect From Your Sponsor

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You've probably been researching for a while. You've read the same program descriptions enough times that they've started to blur…

How Belvoir Elementary Builds Student Agency Through Global Learning

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When a fifth grader pitched an idea at a planning meeting, teachers and school leaders ran with it. By festival…

Teaching Empathy in K–12: Why It Matters and How Schools Develop It

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Updated by Emma Moore At E. M. Yoder Elementary School (Alamance-Burlington School System, NC), a food drive began before a…

Participate Learning’s Global Leaders Recognized by Character.org with 2026 Promising Practice Award

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Recognition highlights how action-driven learning helps students build character, lead with empathy, and create meaningful change  Participate Learning has been…

How Two Dual Language Classrooms Turned a Language Arts Unit into Career Exploration

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At first glance, it looked like a simple virtual exchange between second-grade classes from two schools in the same district.…