October 2026 Newsletter
2026-27 School Grant Update
Our 2026-27 new-school-year grant cycle is accelerating at a record award rate. For the 2025-26 school year, we awarded a record 351 Innovation Grants to schools and districts across the country. These supplemental grants help offset the cost of Innovation Labs®, CTE centers, classroom transformations, the Innovation Science curriculum, and professional learning.
Our new online grant application makes the process easy, and we’ve reduced the time for grant reviews to as little as two weeks.
Our 2026 Invention Contest is Airing on the Science and Discovery Channels on Nov. 7th & 8th
This year’s middle school contest will be featured once again on the Telly Award-winning TV show Tomorrow’s World Today for a worldwide audience. The show highlights the incredible inventions students create through our Innovation Science course. Catch all the action on Sat., Nov. 7th on the Science Channel at 10 A.M. E.S.T., and Sun., Nov. 8th on the Discovery Channel at 8:30 A.M. (all time zones).
Bring our “Wow Factor” to Your School or District. View our Latest Before and After Flip Book.
See how outdated classrooms and underused spaces are transformed into future-ready immersive environments we call Innovation Labs®. Our team designs inspiring CTE spaces, media centers, entranceways, eSports rooms, language labs, and other specialized learning environments for K–12 schools across North America.
Tomorrow's Innovators Can't Wait
Students hear a lot about AI, automation, engineering, and even advanced manufacturing. These technologies will influence the jobs they pursue and the problems they will solve. Schools can prepare students by giving them hands-on experience with the process behind new ideas through Inventionland Education’s K-12 Innovation Science curriculum.
How Innovation Education Connects Students With Future Careers
Most students will work in careers that require problem-solving, collaboration, and adaptability when an idea doesn’t go as planned. These abilities are hard to teach without PBL or hands-on CTE learning.
Innovation education gives students the chance to build those skills through hands-on experience. Our CTE classroom renovations add the “wow” factor that engages a new generation of learners.
Installations in Just 2-4 Days? Yes, Please!
You don’t have to wait for summer for a typical installation. Inventionland Education works with schools to deliver Innovation Labs®, CTE Center upgrades, eSports Rooms, entranceways, and cafeteria refreshes with normal installation times of just 2-4 days.
Schools move from initial idea to completed installation through a clear process that manages scope, timing, budget, design, build, and community rollout. Discover our easy process in this blog.
Have an Idea? We’d Love to Hear from You.
Some of our very best ideas come from educators like you. If you have something you’d like to share or an idea on how we can make our curriculum, projects, or professional learning even better, please drop us a line.
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