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PAST Workforce Development Summer 2022
PAST Workforce Development By Nikki Stancampiano The PAST Foundation recently concluded a six-week career exploration and workforce...
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Learning Unboxed: Hacking School, part 2
By Annalies Corbin, PAST Foundation Well before educators and industry were talking about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and...
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Learning Unboxed: Hacking School, part 1
By Annalies Corbin, PAST Foundation The disruption in education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought to light many long-standing...
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Five Ways to Save Money on College Tuition
By Annalies Corbin We are coming up on High School graduation season once again and students around the world are grappling with the...
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Digital Learning in Rural America
By Jeff Schneider In 2014, my wife Mary and I were teaching within a school district located in the state of South Dakota. My first...
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The Future of Manufacturing – It’s Not Like the Past
By Susan Witt The landscape of manufacturing has changed dramatically over the past decade. Technological advances that once took decades...
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Changing the Equation
Actionable Knowledge: Changing the Equation for Success in Educational Program Implementation Congratulations! You were awarded a grant...
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An Urban Farm Becomes A Learning Lab
Aquatic ecosystems that feed food production, compost, and animal ecosystems. In spring 2014, PAST Foundation undertook the development...
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Innovative, Engaging School Design & Strategy
The School Design & Strategy team at PAST Innovation Lab offers exciting ways to engage your staff through innovative Professional...
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PAST School Design & Strategy: Innovative Programs For Schools
For several years our School Design and Strategy team has partnered with Reynoldsburg City Schools to design innovative opportunities for...
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Our Learning Labs Are Now Open!
After months of renovation, what was a 32,000 square foot warehouse is now home to our Learning Lab spaces!
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The Big Red Tank Has Landed!
How do you get a 4000 gallon water tank in PAST’s building? Carefully, very carefully! As we planned our renovation, we looked at...
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CBus Student Hack – Coding for Community
PAST is committed to helping students better prepare for their futures through multiple pathways and experiences. The CBusStudentHack,...
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PAST It Around!
Every day we hear about great apps, good reads, cool infographics, wonderful project ideas and interesting conversations that we want to...
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Starling Stars
Principal Doermann and PAST’s Lori Trent We spent several hours at Starling STEM Pre-K thru 8 school, a part of Columbus Public Schools....
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Take the Deflate-gate Challenge
Jeff Schneider is bringing football to the classroom with a challenge to resolve a real-life controversy: Deflate-gate. Here’s the...
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PAST Presents at ACUA Conference
Sheli Smith (1st row, 3rd from left) and Annalies Corbin (1st row, far right) at the ACUA Conference. The 48th Annual Society of...
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A Brand New Type of Performance
A New Way to Look at Art, Poetry, Dance, and Music Our friends at Shadowbox Live and the Columbus Museum of Art partnered to explore the...
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PAST Presents at AEA Conference
Monica Hunter and Sheli Smith of PAST, along with Kate Harkin of OSU, recently presented at the American Evaluation Association’s...
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PAST Brings TPBL to Ballston Spa, NY
Preparing students for 21st Century careers means creating learning environments that are engaging and challenging. New York’s Ballston...
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