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Compete 360 fosters a design thinking practice in city schools by training teachers, facilitating student-led projects, and hosting the DT Philly Challenge, where students present their work to a panel of design and business professionals and compete for grants to support the evolution of their projects or the advancement of the program in their schools.  
 
Compete 360 fosters a design thinking practice in city schools by training teachers, facilitating student-led projects, and hosting the DT Philly Challenge, where students present their work to a panel of design and business professionals and compete for grants to support the evolution of their projects or the advancement of the program in their schools.  
  
What exactly is design thinking? Design thinking (also referred to as DT on this site) is a creative and structured approach to problem solving that is taught by leading universities and used by cutting-edge companies. In K-12 education, design thinking offers students a fun and hands-on opportunity to develop 21st century skills—including creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication—while actively connecting what students do in school to what goes on in the world around them.
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What exactly is design thinking? Design thinking (also referred to as DT on this site) is a creative and structured approach to problem solving that is taught by leading universities and used by cutting-edge companies. In K-12 education, design thinking offers students a fun and hands-on opportunity to develop 21st century skills—including creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication—while actively connecting what students do in school to what goes on in the world around them.  
  
Compete 360's goals include encouraging students to think broadly and creatively about needs they observe, helping them become collaborative and empathetic problem solvers, equipping them with visual literacy and modeling skills, and engaging them in reflection and analysis as they learn to test and refine their work.
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Compete 360's goals include encouraging students to think broadly and creatively about needs they observe, helping them become collaborative and empathetic problem solvers, equipping them with visual literacy and modeling skills, and engaging them in reflection and analysis as they learn to test and refine their work.  
  
 
Compete 360 is a 501(c)3 organization founded by Garry Maddox, a businessman and former Gold Glove centerfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Mr. Maddox’s charity has been partnering with city schools to support the education and development of urban youth since 2000, and he believes the skills that design thinking promotes are critical to success in the workplace and in higher education.
 
Compete 360 is a 501(c)3 organization founded by Garry Maddox, a businessman and former Gold Glove centerfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Mr. Maddox’s charity has been partnering with city schools to support the education and development of urban youth since 2000, and he believes the skills that design thinking promotes are critical to success in the workplace and in higher education.
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Compete 360 fosters a design thinking practice in city schools by training teachers, facilitating student-led projects, and hosting the DT Philly Challenge, where students present their work to a panel of design and business professionals and compete for grants to support the evolution of their projects or the advancement of the program in their schools.

What exactly is design thinking? Design thinking (also referred to as DT on this site) is a creative and structured approach to problem solving that is taught by leading universities and used by cutting-edge companies. In K-12 education, design thinking offers students a fun and hands-on opportunity to develop 21st century skills—including creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication—while actively connecting what students do in school to what goes on in the world around them.

Compete 360's goals include encouraging students to think broadly and creatively about needs they observe, helping them become collaborative and empathetic problem solvers, equipping them with visual literacy and modeling skills, and engaging them in reflection and analysis as they learn to test and refine their work.

Compete 360 is a 501(c)3 organization founded by Garry Maddox, a businessman and former Gold Glove centerfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Mr. Maddox’s charity has been partnering with city schools to support the education and development of urban youth since 2000, and he believes the skills that design thinking promotes are critical to success in the workplace and in higher education.