Building Innovators
PEF develops innovators and strengthens educators' capacity to lead professional development, advocate for resources, mentor colleagues, and shape policy—so that the great work happening in individual classrooms can grow and spread throughout entire school communities.
Our Programs

STEM Fellows
STEM Fellows is a year-long professional development cohort for public school educators who want to transform their teaching practice through problem-based learning, inquiry teaching, and technology integration—and develop the leadership skills to drive change beyond their classroom.
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Public Education Forward leads Volkswagen eLabs to provide public school students access to state-of-the-art digital fabrication labs that transform learning and empower students to "make almost anything."
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Our Events
Resources
Technology Lending Library
Thanks to a partnership between the Public Education Foundation and the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network, we are pleased to offer public school teachers in the southeast Tennessee region free access to our technology lending library.






