Difference Making
Our challenges and opportunities are shared and it’s never been easier, or more important to make a difference.
From hundreds of school visits and thousands of conversations with students, parents, preachers, policy-makers and the like — making a difference has emerged as the most important way for us to transform learning experiences for young people and build a better future for all. We look forward to continuing to share these experiences with you through our blog and an upcoming book.
3 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Career Search
By: Annie Mais. RoadTrip Nations has found that it is possible, at any age, to let go of preconceived ideas about who you are and what you should be, and to build a life doing what you love. Here are some tips about how you can also find what you want to do and how to get started right away.
Tell Your Story: Generation Do-It-Yourself Pathways for School & Career
Were you labeled “nontraditional” or “alternative”? Do you have tell the people in your life that you had to do things your own way? If so, we’d like to share your GenDIY story.
Boosting Training, Education and Qualifications
Sebastien Turbot explains the need to boost training, education and level of qualifications for workers globally to meet the needs of employers and equip students with the necessary skills to find employment.
Prioritization: Time Management Advice to Empower Your Success
The difference between busyness and productivity can be difficult to see. Not all “important” activities are equal, and “good” activities can get in the way of your true priorities.
It Really is Okay to Leave School
There is a whole culture, a whole possibility of living without school - and people who do it not only were fine, they are better than fine. There is no downside to not going to school. 'Just quit school and have a better life' who would possibly think that is true?
Invest In Your Own Journey: UnCollege’s Gap Year Program
By: Dale Stephens. There is no better learning than the learning done on the job. Both feet in, hands dirty, thoughts focused on the task before you. We admire the value in self-directed discovery and we truly believe experiential learning is one of the most rewarding modes of education out there. And the best part is, anyone can do it.
Thiel Fellows Teach us 4 Elements of an Entrepreneurial Mindset
While an achievement mindset can drive ordinary outcomes, it takes a different kind of mindset to innovate or create something new. That distinction is what led me to interview Charlie, Jihad, Madison, and Alex -- each of whom is an entrepreneur between the ages of 18 and 24 and a current or past Thiel Fellow.
Life Prep Should Include Problem-Based Learning, Failure & Leadership
There are three things educators and parents can do to prepare students academically and personally for their future -- Make learning an active experience, put students in charge and let them fail.
How Online School Helps My Future Career
By: Alex Angelo. How one GenDIY member has begun carving his career path early while attending online school, helping him to continue his education and pursue his entertainment industry dreams.
It’s Time we Talk About Career-Tech
By: Shane Haggerty. It is ultimately up to all of us to do better educating parents and students about all pathways. There is a skills shortage in many industries, skills gaps mismatching degrees with talents needed for jobs, a mountain of growing debt that students can’t repay.