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More than 400 schools, organizations and workforce programs have already joined our movement!
To put it simply, MHA Labs has created a groundbreaking framework for 21st century learning to equip today’s youth with the foundational tools for success. Targeting social, emotional and cognitive competencies critical to human achievement, this logical approach to youth development is already making a transformational difference.
MHA Building Blocks
MHA Labs’ 21st century skills system focuses on a common set of easy-to-understand 21st century skill targets called The Building Blocks. To address cultural and contextual differences among our users, MHA Labs researchers isolated the core human success factors deemed most critical for college, career and life success. ...more
Teaching for Transfer
Deeper learning is called for, when the goal is to prepare students to be able to solve new problems and adapt to new situations. Calls for such “21st Century skills” as innovation, creativity, and creative problem-solving can also be interpreted as calls for deeper learning. ...more
Lifespan Development
The What and When Behind Growing Up…If All Things Go According to Plan ...more
Our youth are unprepared to join the workforce
With significant numbers of workers retiring over the next 10 years, the United States is facing a serious challenge in preparing students to meet workplace demands in an increasingly complex, knowledge and technology-based global economy. The results of the study reinforce the need for action. ...more