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Building pathways to purpose: How we can empower students for an uncertain future

Monday, February 9, 2026Dr. David Dimmett, Project Lead the Way & Lisa Dughi, NAFView original
Students who receive exposure to career pathways through district and community partnerships have a better chance of professional success.One day, something clicked for Jacob Griffin's students. Mr. Griffin, a teacher at the NAF Academy of Engineering at Southeast Raleigh High School in North Carolina, found that students who had previously been going through the motions were coming to class more engaged, more driven, and more confident about the potential futures that lay beyond high school.