SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — January 14, 2026 — Today, Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced the launch of the Levi’s® Wear Longer Project, a new community engagement initiative designed to help young people take fashion into their own hands. The program will equip them with the skills and confidence to repair, refresh, and reimagine their clothes—so they look better and last longer. 

Gen Z is driving the resurgence of thrifting, repurposing, and creative self-expression in fashion. Yet, many youth were never taught the skills needed to repair and customize clothing — skills once passed down through generations or taught in schools. A new survey conducted by LS&Co. in the U.S.  found that 41% of Gen Z report having no basic repair knowledge, such as fixing a tear or sewing a button, which is nearly double the rate of older generations. At the same time, 35% of young people say they would keep their clothes longer if they knew how to fix them. This highlights a meaningful opportunity to reduce clothing waste when the average American throws away 81.5 pounds of clothing each year¹, which leads to more than 2,100 pounds of textile waste entering U.S. landfills every second². Equipping young people with the skills to extend the life of their clothing reinforces LS&Co.’s efforts to use its scale, reach and platform to drive toward a more sustainable, less resource-intensive apparel industry. 

The Levi’s® Wear Longer Project introduces free resources primarily aimed at students in grades 9 through 12. Developed in partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education and aligned with national K-12 education standards, the program teaches young people hands-on life skills such as how to repair and customize their clothes, from sewing a button to patching a hole or tailoring a hem.  

“At Levi Strauss & Co., we’ve spent more than 170 years designing clothes to be worn and loved for as long as possible. The Levi’s® Wear Longer Project builds on that legacy by giving young people the confidence and tools to extend the life of what they already own,” said Michelle Gass, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co. “By building up repair skills within the next generation and emphasizing the idea of durability, we’re helping spark a culture of creativity, sustainability, and pride in taking care of the things we value.” 

Beginning with high school students, the curriculum is now available to educators and students nationwide on the free platform. LS&Co. employees will also serve as volunteer ambassadors, bringing hands-on instruction into schools and local communities. In addition, schools using Discovery Education Experience, the cross-curricular supplemental resource, can integrate Levi’s® Wear Longer Project directly into classroom instruction. 

“Our partnership with Levi’s® reflects the growing demand in schools for curriculum that connects academic learning with real‑world, future‑ready skills. Through the Wear Longer Project, students gain hands‑on experience that builds confidence, creativity, and practical life skills while deepening their understanding of complex topics such as supply chain and resource management. This initiative helps prepare students to be thoughtful, capable problem-solvers,” said Catherine Dunlop, Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at Discovery Education.  

Launching first in its hometown of San Francisco before expanding globally, the Levi’s® Wear Longer Project will educate local youth through regular opportunities to build core repair skills. The program will begin with a Wear Longer Project workshop for San Francisco high school students at the LS&Co. Eureka Lab. Additional trainings and workshops will continue throughout the year, including activations during Super Bowl weekend in San Francisco.  

“Programs like Levi’s® Wear Longer Project resonate because they meet students where they are—hands-on, creative, and rooted in real life,” said Ginny Fang, President of Spark, San Francisco Public Schools. “When students can learn practical skills like repairing and caring for their clothes, they’re not only embracing sustainability, they’re gaining confidence, independence, and a sense of pride in what they can create and maintain themselves.” 

As the Wear Longer Project grows, LS&Co. will scale its curriculum through community-based partners and select retail initiatives, creating more entry points for young people and employees to engage in repair education. This approach reinforces LS&Co.’s commitment to responsible consumption and encourages employees to invest in their own skills, so they can then teach others. These initiatives will build upon LS&Co.’s legacy of crafting durable, quality clothing designed to last a lifetime, empowering young people everywhere to care for, customize, and extend the life of the clothes they love. To learn more about the Wear Longer Project, please visit  levistrauss.com/values-in-action/wearlongerproject. 

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About Levi Strauss & Co. 
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) is one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. The company designs and markets jeans, casual wear and related accessories for men, women and children under the Levi’s®, Levi Strauss Signature, Denizen® and Beyond Yoga® brands. Its products are sold in approximately 120 countries worldwide through a combination of chain retailers, department stores, online sites, and a global footprint of approximately 3,200 retail stores and shop-in-shops. Levi Strauss & Co.’s reported 2024 net revenues were $6.4 billion. For more information, go to http://levistrauss.com, and for financial news and announcements go to http://investors.levistrauss.com.  

About Discovery Education 
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12 digital solutions help educators engage all students and support academic achievement. Through award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools that are effective, engaging, and easy to use, Discovery Education enables educators to deliver powerful learning experiences in 45% of U.S. K-12 schools and across 100+ countries and territories. Through partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Education empowers teachers with essential solutions that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and accelerate learning. Learn more at  www.discoveryeducation.com. 

^{1, 2} Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling: Textiles Material‑Specific Data,” https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/textiles-material-specific-data. 

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Charlotte, NC (Thursday, January 8, 2026) — Today, Discovery Education unveiled bold innovations to power progress in K-12 schools for the 2026-2027 academic year. New solutions will modernize classrooms in essential ways, such as strengthening instruction and saving educator time, to support learning that sticks in every subject.  

For elementary educators, Discovery Education will release two groundbreaking offerings: the all-new Science Techbook and Social Studies Essentials. Both solutions blend research-backed pedagogy with cutting-edge technology and are complemented by notable updates across AI-driven personalization, career-connected learning, and more. 

“At Discovery Education, we believe excellent teaching and learning occurs when students are deeply engaged, and educators have the right resources at the right moment,” said Brian Shaw, Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Education. “In 2026, we are bringing the real world to classrooms, deepening personalization, and delivering unique, new solutions that educators can trust to move learning forward.” 

Product releases for the 2026 back-to-school season build on Discovery Education’s foundation as a trusted partner to educators for research-backed teaching and learning technologies. The latest updates include: 

New K-5 Science Techbook Simplifies Teaching and Builds Skills 
Delivering three‑dimensional, phenomena‑driven lessons that capture student interest and reinforce essential scientific and cross-disciplinary learning, the new Science Techbook offers: 

• Flexible Teacher-Ready Lessons: Ready-to-teach resources that simplify planning with point-of-use guidance and embedded scaffolds. The lessons blend hands-on investigations and standards-aligned content in a fully editable format to elevate rigor without adding to a teacher’s workload. 

• Inquiry-Based Learning that Reinforces Literacy and Math: Strengthen students’ cross-curricular skills through active reading, writing, data analysis, and discourse integrated into every science investigation. 

• Assessments That Inform Instruction: Monitor progress and tailor instruction with high-quality formative and summative assessments designed to inform teaching and improve outcomes. 

New K–5 Social Studies Essentials Brings History and Civics to Life  
Discovery Education Social Studies Essentials (K-5) is a new inquiry-based supplemental solution grounded in the C3 Framework, making it easy for teachers to deliver impactful lessons in history, civics, geography, and economics. Social Studies Essentials deepens learning through meaningful real-world connections and features, including: 

• Structured Inquiry That Strengthens Understanding: Five units per grade with compelling questions and developmentally appropriate sources, including assessments for students to demonstrate understanding of key concepts and skills. 

• Teacher-Friendly Design: Ready-to-teach slideshow lessons with clear standards, scaffolds, and instructional guidance. 

• Flexible Design for Engaged Learning: A mix of hands-on activities, inspiring primary resources, and immersive multimedia to differentiate learning and foster critical thinking. 

• Adaptable Pacing and Supports: Embedded guidance and customizable delivery to ensure confident instruction for every teacher. 

Adaptive Math and District-Powered Pathways Personalize Teaching and Learning 
Updates to DreamBox Math offer increased adaptivity, district-enabled personalization, and progress tracking. The latest updates for 2026 grow the impact of DreamBox Math as the premier K-8 supplemental solution accelerating student progress in math: 

• Alignment to District Priorities: Instructional sequences focus on personalized, priority standards for end-of-year success. Districts have the flexibility to select specific standards for students to focus on first or prioritize standards that are directly mapped to end-of-year assessments. Students receive targeted, personalized lessons aligned to outlined priorities, alongside prerequisite lessons, just-in-time support, and individualized feedback needed to progress. 

• Dynamic Student Experience: New and updated lessons, including in-lesson vocabulary support and adaptive feedback, keep students motivated and progressing in interactive, age-appropriate learning environments that build understanding, skills, and confidence. 

Streamlined Teacher Workflows Meet Career Exploration in Experience   
Fresh innovations in Discovery Education Experience elevate its role as the essential companion for engaged classrooms, helping educators deliver rigorous, relevant Tier 1 instruction. With a continuously refreshed library of curriculum-aligned resources that build background knowledge, reinforce key concepts, and integrate career-connected learning as part of instruction, updates include: 

• Time-Saving Educator Experience: Simplify daily planning with faster search, cleaner workflows, and expanded curriculum alignments. Updates make it easy for teachers to find accurate, standards-aligned, ready-to-teach resources quickly from Discovery Education Experience’s high-quality library of carefully curated multimedia content, lessons, and activities across K-12 subjects. 

• Robust Career Exploration and Connected Learning: Career Connect now offers access to more inspiring professionals, and new features such as K-5 mini-quests, career-based story cards, and a career finder, allowing educators to embed real-world relevance and career exploration into daily instruction. These enhancements provide early exposure to career pathways, develop essential skills, and provide context and readiness for students of all grade levels. 

AI-Powered Recommendations to Empower Teaching  
Discovery Education and Otus have expanded their partnership, bringing AI-powered search and recommendations from the Discovery Education library of products directly into educators’ workflow, saving time and enabling targeted instruction. Qualified districts and school partners can now join the Early Access program to gain key features such as: 

• Targeted Support for Learners: Data-driven recommendations that help educators differentiate and identify instructional next steps based on student learning needs. 

• Instruction without Interruption: Educators can use the secure engine to access a comprehensive, district-vetted library sourced from Discovery Education Experience, Science Techbook, Social Studies Techbook, and other solutions while reviewing results and streamlining planning in one frictionless interface. 

• Responsible, District-Ready Innovation: The integration upholds strong privacy and security practices while increasing the accessibility of existing resources. 

Learn more about what’s coming in 2026 from Discovery Education here. 

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About Discovery Education  
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12 digital solutions help educators engage all students and support academic achievement. Through award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools that are effective, engaging, and easy to use, Discovery Education enables educators to deliver powerful learning experiences in 45% of U.S. K-12 schoolsand across 100+ countries and territories. Through partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Education empowers teachers with essential solutions that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and accelerate learning. Learn more at www.discoveryeducation.com. 

Contact  
Grace Maliska 
Discovery Education 
Email: gmaliska@discoveryed.com

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Using Tech Career Circuit’s unique hands-on learning opportunities and digital literacy resources, students can develop the essential workforce skills required in the IT industry. The Tech Career Circuit resources are standards-aligned, making integration in any classroom environment simple. The Tech Career Circuit resources include wrap-around lesson plans, activities, and educator supports available in multiple formats such as web-based content, PDFs, learning management system integrated designs, and more. The resources are designed to fit into any 6-12 classroom and support career and technical education tracks. 

“Technology is moving at an incredible speed. At Dell, we want to prepare students for the future workforce, and technology and career skills are critical to participation. With Tech Career Circuit, we are providing access to opportunities and learnings that help K-12 educators anywhere in the world prepare students for skills needed in a career tomorrow,” said Carly Tatum, head of Giving and Impact at Dell Technologies. “We’re proud to partner with Discovery Education to connect students everywhere to critical future ready skills.” 

Tech Career Circuit builds upon Dell Technologies’ work to support education through Dell Student TechCrew, Girls Who Game and other programming aimed at strengthening K-12 educational institutions in our communities. Dell Student TechCrew, a student-led help desk, enables students to become Dell technicians, certified to repair and refurbish devices for their school. Girls Who Game builds STEM interest in young girls through gaming and experiential challenges. 

“The latest research shows that 87% of high school students find school more engaging when they see real career connections. With Tech Career Circuit, students gain engaging classroom lessons that support the development of work-ready skills,” said Catherine Dunlop, Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at Discovery Education. “We are thrilled to partner with Dell Technologies to prepare students for in-demand careers.” 

To access the Tech Career Circuit resources, visit techcareercircuit.discoveryeducation.com. 

For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning solutions, visit www.discoveryeducation.com. 

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About Dell Technologies 
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the AI era. 

About Discovery Education  
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art, PreK-12, digital solutions help educators engage all students and support higher academic achievement. Through award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools that are effective, engaging, and easy to use, Discovery Education helps educators deliver powerful learning experiences. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories. Through partnerships with districts, states, and trusted organizations, Discovery Education empowers teachers with essential edtech solutions that inspire curiosity, build confidence, and accelerate learning. Learn more at www.discoveryeducation.com.  

Contact  
Grace Maliska 
Discovery Education 
Email: gmaliska@discoveryed.com

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