Ahead of the Game: Scholastic Esports Provides Pandemic-Proof Collaboration

Last time, we talked with Laylah Bulman, Business Program Manager for Minecraft: Education Edition and Founder of the Florida Scholastic Esports League. Laylah discussed the academic and social-emotional power of scholastic esports, how interested educators can become dynamic esports coaches, and the vital entrepreneurship skills students can learn while participating in the esports ecosystem. In this episode, Laylah continues to share her knowledge of scholastic esports, by revealing how schools can justify funding an esports team through the alignment of CTE pathways and how scholastic esports proved pandemic-proof, connecting kids so that they could compete and celebrate alongside their peers.