The 2026 Catapult Award: What USIC Shows Us About Changing the System
Some of the most important innovation in education does not begin with a grand strategic plan. It begins with someone becoming unwilling to accept the problem as permanent. A teacher sees students disengaging and changes the experience. A college notices employers asking for skills its programs do not yet provide. An employer realizes that waiting for qualified people to appear is no longer a workforce strategy. A leader discovers that a regulation designed years ago is preventing a good idea...