Santa Cruz County students from X Academy’s robotics teams earned first and third place at the 2026 MATE Monterey Bay Regional ROV Competition, sending Hephaestus Robotics to the World Championship in Canada. The win highlights local student talent, hands-on engineering, and the power of community-backed STEAM programs.

This timely webinar explores how AI is reshaping work, entrepreneurship, ethics, and human agency, while arguing that curiosity, critical thinking, and values will matter more than ever. Watch the recording for a thoughtful discussion.

As AI reshapes the job market, universities must do more than prepare students for employment. They should become incubators for entrepreneurship, teaching critical thinking, curiosity, ethics, and innovation so young people can build the future, not just enter it.

STEM Education Central Coast Conference is bringing together educators and the community.

Local startup Levered Learning announced it has secured $1.5M in a Seed Round. The funds raised from notable organizations and angel investors will help the company build on its success supporting school districts in their efforts to help every student achieve, and go beyond, proficiency in math.

Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Santa Cruz Works have partnered to provide Santa Cruz County educators and students the opportunity to participate in a series of exciting events

Educators on Outschool get to focus solely on what they do best: teaching classes on topics that they love.

Santa Cruz Works and Santa Cruz County Office of Education announced today the formation of a partnership to provide educators and students access to local tech webinars and the greater tech community.