We prepare students for rewarding careers in podcasting, video game design, AI-based animation, filmmaking, fashion design, engineering, and more.
Nearly all states require career exploration in middle and high school.
MeshEd’s engaging curriculum builds the skills of the future.
We integrate the arts, digital literacy, next-generation science and math standards, financial literacy, and digital storytelling. Each module connects the best global math, science, technology, and literacy standards to rewarding careers.
We want schools to help adolescents discover how great it feels to work hard at something they love to do—and to understand that successful organizations are full of teams of self-aware individuals who, together, enjoy learning new skills, solving problems, and creating.
We believe all young people deserve the opportunity to choose from an array of high-quality, skills-based electives—and that career exploration should be creative, playful, and expansive.
Check out our curriculum HERE.
Our LX DESIGN TEAM brings over 250 years of experience designing innovative curricula, schools, and programs for out-of-school learning centers.
Curriculum Demo
Our supplemental curriculum modules are designed for flexible implementation and introduce learners in grades 4-12 to career pathways in digital storytelling, engineering, video game design, digital animation with AI, sustainable fashion design, sustainable architecture, and documentary film production. We prepare students to thrive in the creative careers of the future.
View our curriculum demo here.
Student Voice & Projects
Learn about student experience in our Action Lab courses and explore their final projects.
MeshEd News
CT Summer Innovation Labs
MeshEd was thrilled to have won a generous summer 2024 enrichment grant from the Connecticut State Department of Education to host three FREE middle school Summer Innovation Labs in the greater Hartford area for over 300 learners in grades 6-8.
Middle school students engaged in rigorous, culturally responsive academic enrichment in the morning with the Lavinia RISE Summer Learning program and creative career exploration in the afternoon with MeshEd Action Labs. Afternoon programming was enhanced by visits with local guest experts who led workshops in sports, chess, break dancing, entrepreneurship, coding, fashion design, and new media journalism. “Fun Friday” activities included collaborative arts, athletic games, and guided project work time.
The Summer Innovation Lab ran for four weeks from July 8 to August 2 9 am- 3 pm at three Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) locations: CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, the CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts, and CREC Academy of Science and Innovation.
AI + Education Symposium
On September 30th, 2023, MeshEd convened an AI + Education symposium with 200 educators, students, ed-tech designers, policy makers, and impact-oriented ed-tech investors. The event featured a series of curated demos of AI learning products spanning early childhood to adult learning. Together, we explored the merits and risks of deploying AI in the classroom.
This event was free and generously supported by our partnerships with Betaworks, the Emerson Collective, and XQ Institute. We gathered this group in order to break down some of the silos between ed-tech product developers, educators, policy makers, and students.
Our goal was to spark curiosity, encourage creative thought, and build an engaged community to positively influence the integration of AI into our educational systems—and then to publish our findings on several open source platforms.
We’re thrilled to announce that the Formal Wiki and Recap is now live and accessible to everyone. Click here to view.
Thought Leadership:
Fall 2023 School Partnerships
MeshEd is happy to announce our Fall 2023 school partnerships! We continue to expand our collaboration with Middletown CT Public Schools with summer and after school programs at Beman Middle School, Middletown High School, and the 21st Century STEAM Camp—all supported by AccelerateCT innovation grants from the CT State Department of Education .
In Brooklyn, we're pleased to continue to pilot new Action Lab courses at Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and the Dock Street School of STEAM Exploration—gathering feedback in realtime on our curriculum and digital learning tools from our middle school students and instructors.
Teamwork makes the dreamwork!
MeshEd Enrichment Programs
Spring Break Climate Action Camp!
MeshEd partners with school and learners centers partners to offer a week of STEAM enrichment exploration with a focus on Climate Action during school spring breaks. Climate change requires global action and local solutions. Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals and current events, this camp will investigate environmental policy history and new trends.
Our Spring Break Climate Action Labs explore sustainable initiatives and case studies. We host visits from climate action experts. For their culminating projects, students design and plan local climate action projects that create measurable change in their communities.
Click on the link below to find out more!
CT Summer 2021 Action Labs
In early August, we offered four in-person Labs for ages 16-18 in Middletown CT:
• Climate Action Lab
• Democracy Action Lab
• Art of the Interview
• Sustainable Fashion Lab
These Labs prepared students for college applications and for dynamic careers in creative, socially just, and environmentally friendly fields of work.
Zoom Webinar: Friday, December 18, 2020
MeshEd partnered with the Charter School Growth Fund to produce the first in a series of Zoom webinars on “New Trends in College Admissions: 2021 & Beyond.”
MeshEd Founder & CEO Betsey Schmidt moderated a panel discussion with college admissions experts and recent first-generation college graduates. We explored recent shifts and disruptions to the college admissions process as a result of the growth of the test-optional movement and the pandemic.
