The key to the PAST Foundation is a deep understanding of STEM school fundamental systems and design principles. The primary tactics are two-fold; embedding experienced anthropologists throughout the entire STEM development and implementation process to provide ongoing knowledge capture and developing transdisciplinary problem-based programs that optimize content delivery in exciting ways. Anthropology by its very nature looks at the interdependencies of systems within systems. PAST finds the links within cultural, ethnographic, geographic, community, and economic systems to create unique learning environments specifically suited to place, culture, and time.

By partnering anthropology with science and technology, PAST offers a suite of educational services and products that can transform any school, town, region, and state. PAST anthropologists understand the need for education to transcend current boundaries and use field experiences, film, digital access, and social networking as a new way of learning that enables students, schools, districts, and states to access education that motivates students, teachers, parents, and communities to rise above current expectations and constraints to achieve greatness.

To this end, PAST in partnership with Metro Early College High School created the PAST/Metro Program Design Center, where the vision of PAST and Ohio’s leading STEM High School reach out to schools and districts across the nation. The exceptional track record of students graduating from STEM schools tells the whole story, 100% college and workforce readiness.