Wayfinder K-12 Blog

How to Measure Future-Ready Skills in K-12 with Waypoints

In classrooms today, educators face a challenge that extends beyond academic content: preparing students with the future-ready skills they need to ...

“They’re Going to be Wayfinders”: Helping Students Navigate Life with AI

As generative AI creates new complications, questions, and opportunities across society, education practices will also have to evolve. In a recent ...

States Are Linking Durable Skills with Career Readiness

In many cases, the process of creating a Portrait of a Graduate implicitly ties in discussions of career readiness. However, some frameworks are ...

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 ...

More Than Money: Why Human Skills Matter in Financial Literacy

Financial literacy is gaining momentum in K-12 education. As of 2024, 35 states require all high school students to take a personal finance course ...

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 ...