Optimizing An Education Organization’s Technology Stack

How the Startup CEO Serves Their Executive Team

It’s always interesting how certain topics or themes pop into my mind. On some level, the ambiguity and constant iteration inherent in the startup CEO role creates a constant churn of ideas, most of which are aimed squarely at questions like “how…

Why Our Bosses Need to Become Coaches — And How They Do It

I love it when an article’s title is so succinct as to be eye catching — delivering that perfect hook. I hate it when that same article…

How Communication Drives Equity, Relationships, and Engagement

Another week goes by and with it comes yet another call out of the widening learning gap afflicting so many students and families. Last week I sketched out five core elements of a “Equitable Access to Education Playbook”…

As Education Evolves, Access to Sports Must Remain a Priority

The 2020–21 school year will go down as the year of no sports for many youth athletes. Player “bios” will be represented as just a big white space this year, perhaps memorialized with the simple line: “No Season — COVID-19…

How to Compare $200 Billion vs. $500 Million Invested in K12 Education

The numbers for 2020 are in: $2.2 billion in venture investment found its way to education-focused companies, an increase in half a billion dollars from the amount invested in the sector in 2019. However…

What Do We Really Care About

Over the last year one question has unequivocally been surfaced: What do we really care about? Not the question “what do I care about”, but…

A Theme for 2021 — and Beyond

We’ve all heard the familiar refrains about 2020 — ”worst year ever”, “2020 sucks”, and “this year can’t be over soon enough!” I get it. This past year, especially the last 10 months, have been challenging on many levels for everyone. Certainly, the year has been more…

Creating the “Equitable Access to Education Playbook”: How We Can Close the Widening Learning Gap

The learning gap continues to widen at a rate faster than we can fully quantify. Indeed, as a recent Bloomberg article states: “Our affluent parents, they’ve got…

Going Deeper to Build One Team

Two and half years ago I shared a simple post about an important cultural framework that helps guide our work at Remind: One Team, Two Goals. Or, as you’re apt to see referenced across many of our Slack channels, #OTTG.