Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is an American nonprofit organization that develops STEM curriculum for use by US elementary, middle, and high schools.
The curriculum consists of 28 modules (four per grade) that touch on a variety of science and technology topics.
[2] The program offers the following courses at high school level: In 2015, College Board partnered with Project Lead The Way in an effort to encourage STEM majors.
[9] Governments of several states, including New York, Indiana, Iowa, and South Carolina, have provided funding to PLTW to support future development.
Kern first became involved with PLTW in Wisconsin in 2004 as one of several programs it funds in an attempt to enhance U.S. economic competitiveness by trying to qualify more students for engineering and technology careers.