How Students Can Use FPSPI’s Problem-Solving Tools in Future Entrepreneurial Endeavors
ICS Entrepreneurship provides students, parents, and educators with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to be successful in entrepreneurship competitions. The biggest dilemma young...
5 Academic Competitions to Help Your Student Get the Job of Their Dreams
We’ve long known that participating in academic competitions helps students build knowledge and skills that they can carry with them long after they’ve graduated. Competing in a challenge can...
6 Academic Competitions to Help Students Become Great Social Entrepreneurs
The world of business is changing. Consumers no longer rally around the companies that simply create products they love…they want to see companies that support causes that matter to them. Social...
Four essential life skills students will learn from competing in academic competitions
Academic competitions are becoming extremely popular for good reason. They are a great way to subsidize learning and help students fill in the gaps missing from their school's regular curriculum....
The importance of learning to make a mathematically sound risk analysis.
Students learn many valuable things in school, but one important lesson missing in most curriculum is the ability to make a mathematically sound risk analysis. School is a safe environment, as it...
College is expensive. Don’t miss these great student competitions with big scholarships!
The college experience is changing in ways we couldn’t have predicted even one year ago. Many schools have gone partially, or totally, virtual. Students, on and off-campus, must contend with...
Paid Training for High Math Educators of Title I ESEA Schools
The Educator Paid Summer Training program for Title I educators at the high school math level is a new part of The Actuarial Foundation’s Modeling the Future Challenge (MTFC). The program...
Competitions Excelling At Virtual Events: 2021 Virtual Conferences and Events Showcase
Educational competitions were no exception to those having to pivot from live events to virtual events due to the pandemic. Many competitions were left with the choice last year to cancel their...
Fun STEM Challenges to Wrap Up the School Year
As students pass the school year's halfway mark, some may already be setting their sights on the end of the year and summer vacation. However, there is still plenty left to learn in the coming...
How Leading Competitions Teach Students Critical Thinking Skills
Critical-thinking skills are crucial for students to thrive in the 21st century business world. Unfortunately, this is also one of those skills that is not a direct part of many school curriculums....
Four essential life skills students will learn from competing in academic competitions
Academic competitions are becoming extremely popular for good reason. They are a great way to subsidize learning and help students fill in the gaps missing from their school's regular curriculum....
Teaching how to think, not what to think. Tips for educators
Critical thinking is possibly the single most important skill a student can learn. The ability to identify problems, analyze situations, apply research, and develop solutions is an invaluable...
