Graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discovered that testing their teacher-evaluation tools with real K-12 classroom teachers led to sharper feedback and faster progress. At the same time, teams who began with non-teacher adults as testers…
First AI Bootcamp Pilot Lands at Boys and Girls Clubs
The Mark Cuban Foundation launched its first Boys and Girls Clubs AI Bootcamp pilot in April at the Wake County NC location, bringing hands-on artificial intelligence education to local high school students through a new community-based model. The three-day program, sponsored…
Indiana Sophomore Launches App That Employs His Classmates
Most of the Hustlers on Rahul Renaaud’s app are kids he goes to school with. They offer services like lawn mowing, snow removal, and tutoring. They’re listed right there on the platform he built, alongside their skills, their portfolios, and their…
At NC 4-H’s Game of Drones, Rural Students Code, Fly, and Compete
On April 11 in Greensboro, NC 4-H’s Game of Drones Competition brought together 15 rural teams of middle and high school students for timed drone and robotics missions. Hosted by NC A&T, Cooperative Extension, and NC 4-H, the free event gave…
Mark Cuban Foundation Students Bring AI Research to National Educator Series
The DataPaths webinar series usually features professionals. Epidemiologists, oceanographers, journalists. People who have spent careers applying data science in the field. On April 1, three students from the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp took their place at the table. Shrinithi Shaurya,…
Dallas-Area High Schoolers Tackle Real-World Problems at North Texas Hackathon
RICHARDSON, TX – On a Saturday in late March, over a hundred high school students gathered on the University of Texas at Dallas computer science campus carrying laptops, half-formed ideas, and fifteen hours to turn them into action. The North Texas…
AI Is Already Here. Are We Preparing Students for It?
WASHINGTON — On March 11, the Mark Cuban Foundation joined national leaders in Washington, D.C. for the AI + Education Symposium, a gathering of government officials, educators, and industry voices confronting one of the most urgent questions of our time. How…
At a Harlem High School, Mark Cuban Asks Students One Question: ‘Why Not Me?’
NEW YORK — The students already had an idea for their song before the instructions were finished. They wanted to write something for Mr. Greene, the teacher who had shown up for them when it counted. And now, sitting in front…
Mark Cuban Foundation Student Ambassadors Take the Stage at the Infosys Impact Gala
SAN FRANCISCO. On February 21, a room full of tech executives in San Francisco sat down for an evening of panels and networking. Two of the speakers were still in high school. Those two students, Adonias Tadesse and Angeline Le, had…
At Texas Disability Hall of Fame, Leaders Call for Accessibility by Design
On February 6, leaders from across healthcare, wellness, sports, government and nonprofit organizations gathered at the Robinson Fine Arts Center for the North Texas Disability Chamber’s 2026 Annual Meeting and the inaugural Texas Disability Hall of Fame. The daytime program brought…