Miami-Dade County Public Faculties (M-DCPS) is starting to discover a possible collaboration with the 2026 FIFA World Cup Miami Host Committee, aiming to create new instructional and profession alternatives for college kids forward of the worldwide occasion.
On the College Board Assembly on June 18, 2025, College Board Member Danny Espino, representing District 5, launched agenda merchandise H-6. The directive asks the Superintendent of Faculties to discover potential partnerships, together with:
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“Figuring out alternatives for pupil internships and workforce improvement packages along side the World Cup;”
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“Exploring youth soccer enrichment and infrastructure initiatives in partnership with neighborhood stakeholders;”
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“Collaborating with FIFA on instructional programming, exhibitions, and cultural occasions that may be hosted at District colleges or amenities;” and
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“Growth of a cross-curricular educational framework that comes with themes from the World Cup into current tutorial content material areas.”
Miami will host the FIFA World Cup in June and July 2026, offering a novel platform to interact college students with world, cultural, {and professional} experiences. In keeping with Espino, the initiative goals to leverage the occasion “to develop pupil entry to internships in fields like sports activities administration, media, and hospitality, whereas selling youth soccer improvement, arts, and interdisciplinary studying.”
The proposed collaboration envisions hands-on experiences, school-based cultural festivals, and classroom tasks centered round World Cup themes. These efforts are designed to deepen tutorial studying, improve profession readiness, and foster world citizenship amongst college students.
Espino emphasised the importance of this initiative, saying, “The 2026 FIFA World Cup affords a novel probability to attach our college students to world, cultural, and career-building experiences. This collaboration can flip a world occasion into significant alternatives that enrich studying and put together our college students for the long run.”
A standing report detailing preliminary findings and suggestions associated to this collaboration will probably be offered on the Personnel, Scholar, College, and Group Help Committee Assembly on August 6, 2025.
