Invention Convention Arizona

Today we launched our first cohort of the Create 4 Change Fellowship.

This partnership between Edson E+I Institute and ASU Rob Walton College of Global Futures combines Invention Convention, Walton Sustainability Teachers Academy, and Engineering for One Planet skills and resources to prepare K12 educators to lead sustainability focused Invention education in classrooms across Arizona.

We can't wait to see how their students change the world!

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Invention Education matters! Especially with students who do not enjoy school or struggle. It brings joy back into learning!

“Cultural relevance within invention education utilizes students’ backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities, acknowledged as assets, to add personal meaning and empowerment to inventive work.” (Researching Invention Education, 2026)

When students see their experiences reflected in the learning process, innovation becomes more meaningful, engaging, and impactful. Invention education empowers young people to bring their unique perspectives to problem-solving, creativity, and real-world innovation.

Explore more research, insights, and data in InventEd’s new White Paper, Researching Invention Education: 2019–2025.

Download and read the full report:https: //inventioneducation.org/

So proud of our first graders from Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School !

Miina and Kaleb did you proud, Fuller! They did a wonderful job!

We are also very proud of London!

LIVE from the Henry Ford Museum at the Invention Convention National Conference in Dearborn, Michigan! 💡🚀

We are THRILLED for our DVUSD scholar, London Barnett, for her perseverance that took her all the way to nationals. London is a 6th-grade student in the Renaissance Highly Gifted Academy at Las Brisas Elementary.

We could not be more proud to see London showcase her incredible hard work and innovation on the national stage! Her dedication to solving real-world problems through creativity and invention education is a true inspiration to our entire district.

Join us in cheering London on as she competes with the nation's brightest young minds! ✨