Why pK-12 at MIT?
Pre-K-12 education is at an inflection point across the world. As new and greater challenges emerge, so too do exciting opportunities, propelled in part by the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological innovations. To meet these challenges and opportunities, MIT is launching the pK-12 Initiative, a collaborative effort across the Institute that will focus on areas where MIT is positioned to lead, inspire, and innovate in education for young learners. MIT has a long tradition of extending our mens et manus (“mind and hand”) approach beyond the university, from innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs for high school students to platforms that teach young people to code.
To address the world’s most pressing needs in pK-12 education, the Initiative will communicate, coordinate, accelerate, and magnify this hands-on learning approach to learners and educators everywhere. Through state-of-the-art programs and offerings, we will create self-scaling, self-sustaining hubs for educational innovation both across the US and globally. The Initiative is headquartered at MIT Open Learning, which has a successful track record of coordinating with faculty, staff, and students across the Institute and bringing people together for pK-12 projects at scale.
