Free Skilled Improvement from IBM SkillsBuild and Discovery Training Equips Excessive College Educators With AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Literacy Expertise – Studying & Educational Updates

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 means of IBM SkillsBuild, IBM’s free international expertise schooling program. By means of the IBM and Discovery Training collaboration, educators achieve free entry to sensible, workforce-aligned studying experiences and industry-recognized credentials designed to assist instruction in rising applied sciences. Over the subsequent two years, the initiative is anticipated to achieve as much as 100,000 highschool educators by means of Discovery Training’s skilled studying community, with content material structured to combine seamlessly into present skilled improvement packages. 

Analysis from the Training Insights Report 2025-2026 reveals that solely about half (53%) of lecturers are optimistic about AI’s potential to assist educating and studying attributable to lack of clear steerage {and professional} improvement. Drawing on IBM’s management in expertise and workforce improvement, IBM SkillsBuild gives accessible studying pathways that mix interactive content material, real-world purposes, 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 educating grades 9-12 will achieve 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 purposes and aligned to educator wants throughout an array of disciplines. 

“IBM SkillsBuild is central to IBM’s dedication to talent 30 million folks worldwide by 2030,” mentioned Lydia Logan, Vice President, International Training and Workforce Improvement at IBM. “Educators play a important function in getting ready college students for the way forward for work. By means of this collaboration with Discovery Training, we’re serving to lecturers construct sensible, workforce-aligned abilities in AI, cybersecurity, and digital literacy that may translate immediately into classroom instruction and expanded alternative for college kids.”  

The collaboration leverages Discovery Training’s trusted attain {and professional} studying experience to assist scale entry to IBM SkillsBuild throughout the Okay–12 ecosystem, increasing alternatives for educators to interact with high-quality, related skilled improvement and credentials.  

“Rising applied sciences, resembling AI, have the potential to assist educators in delivering wonderful instruction with long-lasting affect for college kids” mentioned Catherine Dunlop, Senior Vice President of Company Partnerships at Discovery Training. “Educators want and wish 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 day by day realities of Okay-12 instruction.”  

To entry the IBM SkillsBuild skilled improvement content material, please go to skillsbuild.org. 

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About Discovery Training  
Discovery Training is the worldwide edtech chief whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12 digital options assist educators interact all college students and assist educational achievement. By means of award-winning multimedia content material, educational helps, and modern classroom instruments which might be efficient, partaking, and straightforward to make use of, Discovery Training permits educators to ship highly effective studying experiences in 45% of U.S. Okay-12 faculties and throughout 100+ international locations and territories. By means of partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Training empowers lecturers with important options that encourage curiosity, construct confidence, and speed up studying. Be taught extra at www.discoveryeducation.com.   

Contact  
Joseph Brown 
IBM  
E-mail: Joseph.Brown4@ibm.com 

Grace Maliska 
Discovery Training 
E-mail: gmaliska@discoveryed.com