News & Updates

Mass Learning Project is excited to announce that 39 schools across the Commonwealth have been awarded grants, funded by the One8 Foundation and the state, to establish or expand Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs in SY 2025-26! They join a community of more than 350 schools with PLTW programs in Massachusetts that provide high-quality Applied Learning experiences for students.

Bourne Public Schools recently secured three separate computer science grants totaling $50,000 to expand the town’s digital education. The three grants include an Innovation Pathways Planning Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Grant, and a One8 Grant complementing the PLTW grant.

Superintendent Sara Ahern is pleased to announce that Barnstable Public Schools has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the One8 Foundation for the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Gateway program. This grant will help better prepare students at Barnstable Intermediate School for future school and career success.

Superintendent Dr. Maureen Cohen, Nipmuc Regional High School Co-Principals John Clements and Mary Anne Moran, and Memorial Elementary School Principal Wendy Bell are excited to announce that two District schools will expand their Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs to provide students with applied learning experiences.

Superintendent Lucas Giguere, High School Principal Dr. Maria Weber, and Franklin Middle School Principal Craig Williams are excited to announce Franklin Public Schools will expand its Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs to provide hands-on, applied learning and in-depth teacher professional development.

Students' forensics work for a Project Lead The Way murder mystery is featured on FRED-TV, Channel 9, the Educational Television station for the city of Fall River located at Durfee High School.

Join us on Tuesday, March 11th, for MA PLTW Spring PD Day! This FREE event builds on the "Teacher as Facilitator" theme from Fall Conference, and will deliver practical tools and strategies to enhance facilitation and boost student outcomes.

When you meet Brian Rhodes, you are immediately struck by his friendly demeanor, humble nature, and winning smile. This passionate instructor clearly loves what he does for a living, teaching Engineering and Robotics at Blackstone Valley Tech and encouraging students to be their best selves and to love learning new things.

His unique way of teaching recently earned him the 2024 National Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering Teacher of the Year Award, an accolade he received over 9,000 other PLTW instructors teaching the vocation in the United States.

At Fall Conference, we were thrilled to recognize amazing MA PLTW Community members doing amazing things!

Fourth-graders at Hoosac Valley Elementary School were given a puzzling problem — what could you build to help a disabled animal?

The children responded with some innovative prosthetics for winged, flippered and four-legged patients, some of which were presented to the School Committee on Monday.