Education on Fire Podcast       I recently had the opportunity to appear on the Education on Fire Podcast. Please listen in and join me in this important effort! https://www.educationonfire.com/education-on-fire/teach-to-work-building-a-pathway-from-classroom-to-career/

A deeper collaboration between education and business has the potential to bridge the skills gap. By engaging in project-based mentoring, businesses can help prepare the next generation for the demands of the workforce. This article first appeared in CEO Magazine. In your opinion, could there [...]

This article first appeared in High-Profile Monthly. Patty Alper is passionate about the impact of mentoring. After 23 years mentoring young people, the founder of the Teach to Work program, and author of the book, Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in [...]

Teach to Work has had the pleasure of partnering with the Buck Institute for Education’s PBLWorks to bring to our readers a deeper understanding of Project Based Learning. Between an extensive interview with leadership, as well as offering a new online course on developing, implementing, and [...]

If we look back at the last two decades, we never could have anticipated the “internet of things.” We could not have predicted the impact of such a “market disruptor” and its effect on the twenty-first century. Yet now, with 20/20 hindsight, we can see how our lives have changed: [...]

November 26, 2021 91 years old   “Imagine the hand of God reaching toward Adam in Michelangelo’s fresco and you have some idea of the vital charge Sondheim’s words could carry.” — Lin Manuel Miranda on the genius of our time, the late Stephen Sondheim.   I had the incredible [...]

Internships are such a valuable pathway from academics to jobs, from graduation to the workforce, from young adulthood to professionalism. Indeed, the pandemic has put a kibosh on the ebb and flow of this essential runway by forcing a virtual arrangement. Of course, working in a real office, [...]

What has the pandemic done to us? The Labor Department just stated that 4.3 million people have quit their jobs in August ’21 alone. The healthcare, retail, and hospitality industries have been hit the hardest. Meanwhile, labor unions and employee strikes are stridently battling for higher pay, [...]

ABSTRACT Most recently I authored a book entitled, Teach to Work, How a Mentor, a Mentee and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America. I’m excited to present my findings. My research has included interviewing corporations and educators extensively about integrating their two sectors with [...]

“Today there are rare occasions when you find people who are willing to visit, teach high school students, and enjoy it. Especially at predominantly African American schools where we are looked down upon with stereotypes and chosen to fail. What makes you different, is that you wanted and cared [...]