Wayfinder K-12 Blog

What’s New for the 2025-2026 School Year

Features and Updates to Support Student Growth with Wayfinder At Wayfinder, we’re focused on helping schools and districts deliver meaningful ...

The Skills States + Districts Value Most

In recent history, the concept of “future-ready” PreK-12 education has been closely tied to the development of technical and digital skills—such as ...

Wayfinder’s Future-Ready Skills: Backed by Research and Proven to Make an Impact

Since our founding at the Stanford d.school, Wayfinder has been committed to helping schools become sites of meaningful learning and development. ...

Building Durable Skills Through Career Exploration with Roadtrip Nation

In order to support schools in building and actualizing career-ready Portraits of a Graduate, Wayfinder partnered with Roadtrip Nation. Through this ...

Teaching for Prevention: Addressing Substance Misuse in Schools

Substance abuse in high schools is not a future threat—it’s a present-day challenge. Data from the CDC shows that nearly one in three high school ...

Professional Demand Overwhelmingly Favors Human Skills Over Technical Skills

With the future of work more uncertain than ever, researchers have been working to identify skills that will remain in demand across professional ...

Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis in K-12

A Response to Harvard’s Report 'On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges' Mental health challenges among young ...

Teacher Training to Combat Chronic Absenteeism

Teacher Training to Combat Chronic Absenteeism with Whole-Student Education Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue facing schools nationwide, the ...

How One School District Addresses Chronic Absenteeism

Chronic absenteeism has emerged as one of the most pressing issues in K-12 education, particularly since 2020. Schools across the nation are ...