Ann Berger Valente, educational research manager with the Lifelong Kindergarten research group; and Leo Burd, director of the Lemann Creative Learning Program with the Lifelong Kindergarten research group, have been awarded an Education Innovation Grant. Their selected project is titled, "Promoting creative learning through Festivals of Invention and Creativity: building on a successful model from Brazil."

These grants, awarded by the MIT Jameel World Education Lab, support 14 research projects exploring a range of topics, including electrical engineering, extended reality, physical movement, and ecological sustainability.