The Path to Planet B Begins in Our Classrooms

The invention that allows humans to live on other planets or leverages the technologies of space exploration to improve health care or agriculture here at home may already live in the mind of a young person like Sam Pascal. Sam, a young Black man, recalled through the unCommission how his high-school classes channeled his curiosity about space into a career:

“I had a passion for Sir Isaac Newton,” Sam said. Everyone else hated math, but Sam decided he was going to throw himself into and excel in it. “I started having this passion for space exploration. I learned a lot about outer space, about the planets and orbits and the solar system as a whole.” It was then that Sam decided that he would become an aeronautical engineer.

Read the full article here.

Recent News

2025 Beyond100K Annual Report
Explore Beyond100K’s 2025 Annual Report and discover how a growing network of partners is turning collaboration into lasting progress toward ending the STEM teacher shortage.
A STEM teacher shortage became something bigger: a lesson in systems change. In this new story from the World Economic Forum, Beyond100K reflects on what it takes to build the networks, infrastructure, and collective imagination needed to transform education at scale.
Beyond100K Trends and Predictions That Are Defining STEM in 2026
The 2026 Beyond100K Trends Report highlights four shifts shaping the STEM teacher workforce, drawing on insights and innovations from partners across the Beyond100K network.