Charlotte, NC (Wednesday, January 21, 2026) — Highschool educators now have entry to free skilled improvement credential programs centered on AI, cybersecurity, and digital literacy by IBM SkillsBuild, IBM’s free world know-how training program. By means of the IBM and Discovery Schooling collaboration, educators acquire free entry to sensible, workforce-aligned studying experiences and industry-recognized credentials designed to help instruction in rising applied sciences. Over the subsequent two years, the initiative is anticipated to succeed in as much as 100,000 highschool educators by Discovery Schooling’s skilled studying community, with content material structured to combine seamlessly into present skilled improvement packages.
Analysis from the Schooling Insights Report 2025-2026 reveals that solely about half (53%) of academics are optimistic about AI’s potential to help instructing and studying attributable to lack of clear steerage {and professional} improvement. Drawing on IBM’s management in know-how and workforce improvement, IBM SkillsBuild gives accessible studying pathways that mix interactive content material, real-world functions, and credentials. These pathways allow educators to strengthen their understanding of AI and associated applied sciences whereas constructing confidence in making use of them within the classroom.
By means of this collaboration, educators instructing grades 9-12 will acquire entry to:
- Free, self-paced studying modules in AI, cybersecurity, and digital literacy, all deliberately designed to suit into busy schedules.
- Business‑acknowledged credentials from Credly and documentable skilled improvement hours.
- Classroom-ready lesson plans grounded in actual‑world functions and aligned to educator wants throughout an array of disciplines.
“IBM SkillsBuild is central to IBM’s dedication to ability 30 million individuals worldwide by 2030,” stated Lydia Logan, Vice President, World Schooling and Workforce Growth at IBM. “Educators play a important position in making ready college students for the way forward for work. By means of this collaboration with Discovery Schooling, we’re serving to academics construct sensible, workforce-aligned abilities in AI, cybersecurity, and digital literacy that may translate straight into classroom instruction and expanded alternative for college kids.”
The collaboration leverages Discovery Schooling’s trusted attain {and professional} studying experience to assist scale entry to IBM SkillsBuild throughout the Ok–12 ecosystem, increasing alternatives for educators to have interaction with high-quality, related skilled improvement and credentials.
“Rising applied sciences, equivalent to AI, have the potential to help educators in delivering glorious instruction with long-lasting impression for college kids” stated Catherine Dunlop, Senior Vice President of Company Partnerships at Discovery Schooling. “Educators want and need steerage, and that’s why this collaboration gives educators {industry}‑acknowledged credentials and sensible insights. Collectively with IBM, we’re making a highly effective bridge for educators between transformative applied sciences and the every day realities of Ok-12 instruction.”
To entry the IBM SkillsBuild skilled improvement content material, please go to skillsbuild.org.
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About Discovery Schooling
Discovery Schooling is the worldwide edtech chief whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12 digital options assist educators interact all college students and help tutorial achievement. By means of award-winning multimedia content material, educational helps, and progressive classroom instruments which might be efficient, partaking, and simple to make use of, Discovery Schooling allows educators to ship highly effective studying experiences in 45% of U.S. Ok-12 faculties and throughout 100+ nations and territories. By means of partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Schooling empowers academics with important options that encourage curiosity, construct confidence, and speed up studying. Study extra at www.discoveryeducation.com.
Contact
Joseph Brown
IBM
E-mail: Joseph.Brown4@ibm.com
Grace Maliska
Discovery Schooling
E-mail: gmaliska@discoveryed.com
