edBurst Update
A Newsletter for Education Leaders
Compiled by
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Todd Hand and Ralph Protsik, Editors
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EdSurge: Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the 'Adversarial Narrative' With Public School Teachers
There are not too many education conferences that flip the script and let CEOs grill investors with questions. However, BMO Capital Markets' 17th Annual Back to School Conference is the kind of event your boss's boss attends...more>>
Forbes: How The Latest Senate Trumpcare Bill Threatens K-12 Education
The latest Republican-led effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could lead to spending cuts for state education funding from Kindergarten through college, Fitch Ratings said in a new report...more>>
EdSurge: Why the State of Surveillance in Schools Might Lead to the Next Equifax Disaster
Blaine is a student in a suburban town. He wakes up at 7 am and brushes his teeth before wolfing down a bowl of cereal. After putting on his high-top sneakers, he races out the door to the street corner, where he waits for the school bus...more>>
The Atlantic: Americans Have Given Up on Public Schools. That's a Mistake.
The current debate over public education underestimates its value-and forgets its purpose...more>>
The Atlantic: What the Public Wants From Schools
An annual poll on national perceptions of education reveals an emphasis on services beyond traditional learning, such as mental-health support and career education...more>>
Washington Post: Americans express support for traditional public schools in new poll, even as Trump disparages them
Most American adults are weary of the intense focus on academics in public schools today, according to a new national survey, and want students to get more vocational and career training as well as mental, physical and dental services on campus...more>>
Pew Research: Most Americans say K-12 schools have a lot of responsibility in workforce preparation
As millions of U.S. students start school, and economists and educators grapple with how best to prepare workers for jobs in today's economy, there is evidence that a majority of Americans look to elementary and secondary schools to provide the building blocks people need for a successful career...more>>
NPR: What Should We Be Teaching Young Children?
Early-childhood and elementary school programs reflect a diverse set of commitments about what children ought to learn, and about how they ought to do so...more>>
KQED MindShift: Why Preschool is the 'Most Important Year' In a Child's Development
Publicly funded pre-K programs enjoy broad public and political support, largely because of research suggesting that preschool graduates enjoy both short-term and long-term benefits, including improved academic and school readiness, higher graduation rates, and lower incarceration rates...more>>
CNN: We don't just need more pre-K, we need better pre-K
Our young children are in a precarious position, because we are in danger of not getting pre-K right. When programs get it right, they are a boon to children and parents alike, with a long-term return on investment of, according to the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, around $8 for every $1 invested...more>>
Forbes: Possibly Elon Musk's Biggest Idea Yet - Revolutionizing Education
An estimated 250 million children around the world cannot read, write, or demonstrate basic arithmetic skills. UNESCO estimates that the world will need 1.6 million more teachers globally, a number set to double by 2030. Enter Elon Musk...more>>
FutureEd: What Chile Teaches Us About School Vouchers
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos supports vouchers that allow parents to use taxpayer funds to help pay private-school tuition for their children...more>>
Hechinger: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision
It's illegal to run schools designed to keep out black students, but the Department of Justice is letting districts get away with it...more>>
WSJ: Charter Schools Are Flourishing on Their Silver Anniversary
On Sept. 8, 1992, the first charter school opened, in St. Paul, Minn. Twenty-five years later, some 7,000 of these schools serve about three million students around the U.S...more>>
U.S. News: Conservative Education Policy Experts to Trump: Don't Pursue Federal School Choice
Three top conservative thinkers on education policy say a federal school choice program would likely impose some of the regulatory obstacles the movement is working to eliminate...more>>
NYT: The Economic Case for Letting Teenagers Sleep a Little Later
...A Brookings Institution policy brief investigated the trade-offs between costs and benefits of pushing back the start times of high school in 2011...more>>
Observatory: Kids who enter school at an older age perform better
A new study shows a positive relationship between school starting age and children's cognitive development. Moreover, being older -the paper reveals- increases college attainment and reduces the likelihood of incarceration for juvenile crime...more>>
Hechinger: The newest advantage of being rich in America? Higher grades
Escalating grade inflation at wealthy high schools is another blow to poor kids...more>>
Getting Smart: Silicon Schools Reflects on Five Years of Personalized Learning
Personalized learning holds much promise for improving education for students everywhere, but this means that it also holds much potential for disappointment and stagnation if it becomes just another buzzword that we treat as a band-aid rather than a fundamental overhaul of approach...more>>
Business Wire: Edmentum™ and Renaissance® Announce Partnership to Provide Adaptive, Personalized Student Learning Paths
Edmentum, a leading provider of web-based learning solutions, has announced a collaboration with Renaissance, the leader in pre-K-12 learning analytics, to combine proven online assessment with adaptive instruction...more>>
Christensen Institute: Challenging harmful stereotypes about edtech
If you follow the popular press, you might have noticed the recent New York Times series by technology reporter Natasha Singer aimed to shed light on a dark underbelly of the edtech sector...more>>
THE Journal: Biggest Barriers to Digital Learning: Lack of Time, Lack of Devices
The biggest barrier to digital learning for teachers is gaining student access to technology. That's followed by a lack of time during the school day...more>>
EdSurge: New Report Spells Out How to Connect 6.5M Students in Schools Without Internet
The digital divide is showing real signs of narrowing-but there are still 6.5 million students in under-connected schools, according to a new report by the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway, which analyzes data from E-rate applications...more>>
THE Journal: Study of Education Technology Finds Mixed Results
If you're trying to hunt down research to justify the use of technology in the classroom or argue against it, a working paper may provide you with information you need...more>>
eSchool News: 18 edtech developments set to impact schools
Coding as a literacy and the rise of STEAM learning are two key trends driving K-12 technology adoption for the next 1-2 years, according to the latest New Media Consortium and CoSN Horizon Report...more>>
Fast Company: More Or Less Technology In The Classroom? We're Asking The Wrong Question
Neither technophobia or technophilia is the right solution for our students. The real issue is the process of learning...more>>
UT News: Children's Learning With Tablet Technology is Often Too Passive
Can tablets teach children basic math and reading skills? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats...more>>
NPR: Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program
It was the year 2000 and Maine's governor at the time, Angus King, was excited about the Internet. The World Wide Web was still relatively young but King wanted every student in the state to have access to it...more>>
Fortune: 15 Years Later, Maine's 'One Laptop Per Child' Initiative Hasn't Helped Test Scores
When the Internet and digital tools first rose into popular consciousness, one major concern was that the barriers to access them would create a "digital divide" between rich and poor...more>>
EdSurge: Students Share the Edtech Products That Actually Make a Difference
Teachers, with the beginning of the school year rapidly approaching, it's time to give the students what they really want: Good edtech products...more>>
NYT: Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues
One of the tech-savviest teachers in the United States teaches third grade here at Mapleton Elementary, a public school with about 100 students in the sparsely populated plains west of Fargo...more>>
Ed Week: Coding, Robotics, Makerspaces Poised to Grow in Schools, Report Says
Coding and the rise of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning are the trends to watch in K-12 educational technology this year, and schools may be expanding robotics programs and makerspaces, which are physical environments for hands-on learning, predicts a recent report from the New Media Consortium and the Consortium for School Networking...more>>
Forbes: These Hands-On Learning Startups Want Your Kid To Be The Next Zuckerberg
'Smart' technology seemingly is everywhere, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's making kids do any better on the education front...more>>
NYT: Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book
One sunny summer morning this month, a group of 20 teenage girls gathered in a conference room in the sleek offices of a tech company in Manhattan...more>>
eSchool News: How digital badges are shaking up teacher PD
Examining the future of digital credentials and badges for K-12 professional development and professional pathways for teachers...more>>
Bloomberg: Virtual U.S. Tutors Are Helping Chinese Kids Gain an Edge
Online schools battle with traditional tutoring academies for supremacy in an $80 billion market...more>>
Forbes: Why Chinese Education Companies Are Chasing U.S. Teachers
Unsatisfied with Chinese classrooms' stilted teaching style - and armed with the belief that good English skills are a necessity in the increasingly global China - Chinese parents want to connect directly with teachers from the U.S...more>>
Observatory: The most innovative universities in America
Arizona State University-Tempe, a public research university that was founded in 1885, is the most innovative college in America according to a ranking by U.S. News & World Report...more>>
Observatory: New study highlights the benefits and challenges of education technology
The study "Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review," published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), aims "to step back and understand how technology can help-or in some cases hinder-how students learn."...more>>
edscoop: College textbooks aren't just moving online - they're becoming personalized and interactive
A new college textbook from Pearson uses IBM Watson technology to act less like a book and more like a news feed...more>>
ETH News: Times Higher Education Reveals Academia Is Adopting Blockchain Technology
Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2018 have been released and many of the top institutions listed are keeping their cutting edges sharp by adding blockchain technology to their curriculums...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: International Enrollments: From Flat to Way Down
Amid concerns about visas and the political environment, some institutions are maintaining or even increasing their enrollment numbers, but many report drops, some by as much as 30 to 50 percent for new students...more>>
NYT: The Biggest Misconception About Today's College Students
You might think the typical college student lives in a state of bliss, spending each day moving among classes, parties and extracurricular activities. But the reality is that an increasingly small population of undergraduates enjoys that kind of life...more>>
EdSurge: Are We Recreating Segregated Education Online?
...We must ask: is designing our next-generation learning tools with such a content-driven focus on academic mastery sufficient to help people break into the middle class, when we know our economy is still so connection-driven?...more>>
edscoop: Digital learning leaders forecast the future of higher education
In a new report from Blackboard, 13 college experts detail what has changed in higher education in the last 20 years and what's in store for the next 20...more>>
PR NewsWire: Blackboard Releases New White Paper on the Future of Higher Education
Higher education leaders reflect on the possibilities and challenges of the next 20 years in education technology...more>>
Forbes: Colleges Must Change To Educate Generation iPhone
One of the best comedy sketches about higher education is a Saturday Night Live gem from 1984 about Winston University. In the sketch, Billy Crystal plays an admissions officer visiting a high school class...more>>
Falling enrollments: A gray cloud with a silver lining
The National Student Clearinghouse's enrollment data is out, and the big headline is that enrollments are down-yet again. But a closer look reveals a few more interesting trends about the sorts of players struggling and succeeding across the industry...more>>
Hechinger: Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?
Up to 40 percent never show up to college in the fall...more>>
NYT: Lender to Foreign Students Raises $40 Million in Financing
As American universities' interest in courting international students intensifies, an online lender that caters to them has drawn significant new financing...more>>
Online MBA Today: Top 50 Online MBA Programs in International Business 2017 - Online MBA Today
The paradigm of success in the marketplace is always shifting and today this truth is most obvious in the realm of global business...more>>
Best College Reviews: The 25 Best Online MBA Programs for 2017-2018
Over the last few years, the number of online MBA programs in America have exploded. Though there are several online MBA rankings (and a few major publications which list options), many of them still don't tackle one of the largest concerns of potential students...more>>
Observatory: A new MOOC to learn what Open Education is about
The University of Texas at Arlington is launching a new MOOC, Introduction to Open Education, for those interested in learning how it can reduce costs, increase transparency, and improve learning outcomes...more>>
BuzzFeed: The Education Department Will Allow Two Large For-Profit Colleges To Become Nonprofits
The move is a sign of a shift in how the federal government will treat colleges that want to shed the for-profit label...more>>
The Atlantic: What a New Trump Administration Hire Could Mean for For-Profit Colleges
The Education Department has tapped a former dean of the for-profit DeVry University to oversee a unit that responds to allegations of fraud...more>>
Politico: Trump and DeVos fuel a for-profit college comeback
For-profit colleges are winning their battle to dismantle Obama-era restrictions as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rolls back regulations, grants reprieves to schools at risk of losing their federal funding and stocks her agency with industry insiders...more>>
Chronicle: For-Profit Colleges Find Few Reasons to Lobby a Friendlier Education Dept.
one of the nation's largest for-profit colleges have pulled back on their lobbying at the U.S. Department of Education and on Capitol Hill compared with previous years, according to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics...more>>
Observatory: QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018: The best universities for getting a job
Many people choose to enroll in a university hoping that a university degree will give them a more direct ticket to a successful career. But, which universities are doing the most to help their graduates?...more>>
Forbes: Are Colleges Immoral?
During the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, large numbers of American colleges and universities were formed with one of their fundamental missions being the promotion of high levels of morality in students...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: Why Digital Technology Is to Higher Ed What Electricity Was to Manufacturing
Why haven't digital technologies transformed higher education?...more>>
Forbes: Universities: Then And Now
Fall is approaching, and millions of Americans are returning to colleges and universities for another academic year. I am teaching my course in American economic history to over 40 students, and teaching it almost precisely the same way I did 52 years ago...more>>
Quartz: The complete guide to not going to college
Kids grow up and go to college. Such is the norm. And yes-you could. Perhaps should...more>>
Forbes: Colleges Learn From Amazon And Wal-Mart
The traditional pricing model at most private colleges and universities goes something like this: First, set listed (sticker) prices at a high level, but not so high that you won't get a small number of students willing to pay the full price-kids from wealthy families, or those so desperate to get into the school that they will pay almost anything...more>>
Forbes: Seven Challenges Facing Higher Education
For more than 15 years, I have redirected my academic career away from economic history, labor economics, and public finance towards the economics of higher education, and have made, with frequent urgency, several arguments, all pointing to a growing, unsustainable crisis that is requiring solutions...more>>
Forbes: Why There Are No Low-Cost College Degrees
Why aren't there low-cost college degrees? Either online or on-campus? An investigation by my think tank shows that the government's biggest education grant program systematically rewards colleges for charging more money...more>>
CNBC: Free college keeps growing as Arkansas, Indiana, Montana and Rhode Island join in
Think "free" tuition sounds unrealistic? It's already a reality in more than 20 states. Earlier this year, Arkansas, Indiana, Montana and Rhode Island introduced statewide free community-college programs...more>>
Observatory: University alliance offers financial aid for students at risk of not completing college
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) announced a new initiative designed to support students that face financial pressure at the end of their studies...more>>
Chronicle: How Generations X, Y, and Z May Change the Academic Workplace
When it comes to today's students and how they use technology, Ajay Nair always feels a step behind...more>>
Forbes: College And The War On Expertise
Last week I took my three boys on an end-of-summer trip to Yosemite and rediscovered that when you're together non-stop, you really get to know what fun and quirky people your kids are becoming...more>>
Hechinger: After decades of pushing bachelor's degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople
California budgets millions to rebrand long-disparaged vocational education...more>>
The Atlantic: Imagining a Better Democratic Populism
Instead of offering free college tuition, liberals might try valuing and reinvesting in other paths to success and prosperity...more>>
EdSurge: As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try 'Deferred Tuition'
Coding bootcamp App Academy was an early adopter of the student-financing option known as an income share agreement, or ISA...more>>
TechCrunch: An insider's take on the future of coding bootcamps
How could two coding bootcamps close while employer demand for bootcamp grads grows? The answer, in the five years since their founding, is that some schools are still at Version 1 while others continue to innovate. Here's where the market is going...more>>
eLearningInside News: The Future of Education is the Microdegree
Microdegrees, such as Udacity's nanodegrees, appear to be here to stay. The reason is simple. Increasingly, what people learn during college holds little or no relevance to what they end up doing on the job...more>>
Observatory: Study shows that having a smartphone nearby reduces brainpower
Cognitive capacity is significantly reduced when a smartphone is close, even if it is turned off, according to a new study by the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin...more>>
Hechinger: While the rest of the world invests more in education, the U.S. spends less
Years of disinvestment could affect the future U.S. labor force...more>>
Pew Research: 4 charts on how people around the world see education
Publics around the world disagree about which is more important to emphasize in school: creative thinking or basic academic skills and discipline...more>>
HBR: The Dark Side of Resilience
Resilience, defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events, is a highly sought-after personality trait in the modern workplace...more>>
HBR: To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible
There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than "wrong thinking," also called reverse thinking...more>>
ComputerWorld: How live streaming is reinventing education
Live streaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Twitter, Facebook, and other social media companies are investing millions of dollars to integrate live streaming into their platforms...more>>
Venture Beat: Automation replaced 800,000 workers... then created 3.5 million new jobs
These days, it's tough to avoid newspaper headlines warning that artificial intelligence is coming for your job. The problem is that, often, the only thing these oversimplifications get right is that there is in fact an important connection between automation and work...more>>
Forbes: With New Funding Round, Gigster Gets Closer To A $1 Billion Valuation
Gigster, a three-year-old San Francisco company on Forbes' 2016 list of Next Billion-Dollar Startups, is moving closer to unicorn status, though it still has some distance to cover...more>>
McKinsey: The evolution of employment and skills in the age of AI
As artificial intelligence alters work done in all manner of industries, companies and governments can help workers transition by supporting incomes and facilitating skills training...more>>
McKinsey: Do American workers feel they can 'make it'?
Whether people in the United States believe they can thrive economically in a digitally disrupted world depends strongly on the amount of education they've attained, according to a new survey...more>>
Tech.Co: 12 EdTech Startups Aimed At Solving Jobs Gap
The whole concept of a job is in flux right now. This shakeup is exciting: the nine to five office job has been upended by the gig economy, the surge of remote workers, and a growing demand for more flexible work hours...more>>
MIT Tech Review: The Myth of the Skills Gap
The idea that American workers are being left in the dust because they lack technological savvy does not stand up to scrutiny...more>>
Real Clear Education: Billionaires Gaining Too Much Influence on Education
When President Trump nominated Betsy DeVos, a woman with no degree or experience in education, as U.S. Secretary of Education, defenders of public education organized an unprecedented effort to fight her confirmation...more>>
WSJ: ACT Test Metrics Show Wide Gap in College Readiness
Students identifying as low-income, racial minority or first in family to attend college did far worse on college-entrance exam...more>>
PR Newswire: The Advisory Board Company Announces Agreements For The Sale Of Its Health Care And Education Businesses
The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO), a distinctive provider of research, technology and consulting to health care organizations and education institutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to sell its health care business to Optum, a leading health services company, and a definitive purchase agreement to sell its education business to affiliates of Vista Equity Partners, a leading investment firm...more>>
Ed Week: Curriculum Associates Strikes Deal With Berkshire Partners-and Huge Donation Goes to Charity
The education provider Curriculum Associates has announced it will receive a major investment from Berkshire Partners LLC, in a deal that will leave the school company's operations intact and result in a huge donation-approximately $200 million-going to a university and a philanthropy...more>>
Observatory: Millennial parents and students still prefer pen and paper for productive learning
In today's technology-driven culture, when it comes to education and productivity, students and parents still prefer paper. This according to a new report by the Paper and Packaging Board that found that about 8 in 10 people (79 percent) think that paper is essential to learning...more>>
Hechinger: A textbook dilemma: Digital or paper?
Do we learn better from printed books than digital versions? The answer from researchers is a qualified yes...more>>
CIO: How artificial intelligence is transforming learning
An inside look into how AI is disrupting concepts of learning...more>>
Observatory: An analysis of the future of Artificial Intelligence in Education
In a discussion paper, released by McKinsey Global Institute, experts analyze the role of Artificial Intelligence across industries, among them education...more>>
Observatory: Telepresence technologies to humanize distance education
Moving towards accessible, personalized and quality education is of great interest to the international community and, for this reason, there are several alternatives for offering distance education...more>>
Forbes: How To Become An Education Entrepreneur: The Top 5 Voices You Need To Follow
An edupreneur is an entrepreneur who works within in the education sector. Edupreneurs are usually mission-driven and live for bringing to light positive impact...more>>
Forbes: Success In GCC Education Requires Savvy Deal-Making And Execution
Rising demand for education in the GCC is driving an investment boom in the sector. The number of announced private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions in education increased three-fold in the past decade...more>>
McKinsey: Putting lifelong learning on the CEO agenda
In an open letter to business leaders, a Harvard Business School professor and a learning engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative present an emphatic case to make learning a corporate priority...more>>
Nasdaq: Chinese early childhood education provider RYB Education sets terms for $133 million IPO
RYB Education, which is leading provider of early childhood education services in China, announced terms for its IPO on Wednesday...more>>
Business Wire: VIPKID Raises $200 Million in Series D Financing, With Sequoia Capital as Lead Investor and Tencent as Strategic Investor
VIPKID, the world's largest online English education company, announced today that it has raised $200 million in series D financing, the largest round of funding ever raised in the sector...more>>
EdSurge: Thoma Bravo's Acquisition of Frontline Education Creates Edtech's Newest Unicorn
Frontline Education is swapping one private equity owner for a bigger one. Today the Malvern, Penn.-based education company announced it will be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a major private equity firm with offices in San Francisco and Chicago...more>>
Globe Newswire: Laureate Education, Inc. Announces CEO Transition Plan
Today, Laureate Education, Inc. (Nasdaq:LAUR), the world's largest global network of higher education institutions, announced that, effective January 1, 2018, Eilif Serck-Hanssen, current President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO); and Ricardo Berckemeyer, current Chief Operating Officer (COO), will assume the additional title of President. Douglas Becker, Laureate's Founder, Chairman, and CEO, will become the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors...more>>
September Feature: M&A ACTIVITY FROM CHERRY TREE
Vista to Purchase The Advisory Board Company's Education Business
Frontline Education Acquired by Thoma Bravo
Pearson Sells GEDU to Puxin Education
Barnes & Noble Education Acquires Student Brands
Impero Software Acquired by Investcorp
School Specialty to Acquire Triumph Learning
Elsevier Acquires Bepress
Activate Learning Acquires IT'S ABOUT TIME
Echo360 Acquires Astute Technology
Harris School Solutions Acquires JR3
Lingo Media Still in Process of Acquiring Vested Finance
Palamon Capital Partners Buys Stake in Business School24
Great Yarmouth College and Lowestoft College Merge to Form East Coast College
Prodigy Finance Raises $240 Million
VIPKID Raises $200 Million
Zuoyebang Raises $150 Million
Hustle Raises $8 Million
A Cloud Guru Raises $7 Million
Sawyer Raises $6 Million
Tinkergarten Raises $5.4 Million
Lightneer Raises $5 Million
Verso Learning Raises $2 Million
SVAcademy Raises $2 Million
Southwest Foodservice Excellence Receives Investment from Harkness Capital
Teaching Channel Converts to a For-Profit Company
BSG Searches: Active and Recently Closed
Walton Family Foundation, Senior Advisor
Herzing University, Chief Marketing Officer
KIPP Foundation, Chief of Programs and Impact Officer
The School of the New York Times, Director of Pre-College Division
Revolution Foods, VP Business Development
MeTEOR Education, VP Sales
One CEO search currently underway under a non-disclosure agreement.
Edmentum, President and CEO (closed)
Rosetta Stone, CEO (closed)
AltSchool, Chief Academic Officer (closed)
American Public University System (APUS), President (closed)
Burning Glass, VP Business Development (closed)
OnCourse Learning, Chief Technology Officer; Chief Marketing Officer (both closed)
Turnitin/Insight Venture Partners, SVP Sales (closed)
eDynamic Learning, SVP Sales & Marketing (closed)
Quad Partners, Chief Financial Officer; Chief Marketing Officer (both closed)
InsideTrack, SVP Program Development (closed)
Voyager Sopris Learning, President (closed)
LePort Schools, CEO (closed)
Elsevier, Head of Adaptive Solutions (closed)
GEMS Education, Chief Financial Officer (closed)
Cambridge Education Group, General Manager (closed)
American Honors/Quad Learning, VP Business Development (closed)
Catapult Learning, VP Sales (closed)
Cambridge Information Group, Executive Director, Pre-Collegiate, NYT EDUcation (closed)
Cambridge Information Group, Director of K-12 Education (closed)
Center for the Collaborative Classroom, Chief Technology Officer (closed)
Human Capital Institute, Chief Learning Officer; Chief Marketing Officer (both closed)
ILSC, Managing Director (closed)
DecisionDesk, CEO (closed)
Penn Foster, EVP Business Solutions; General Counsel (both closed)
Texas Teachers, Chief Revenue Officer (closed)
Tiber Health (a University Ventures portfolio company), Chief Product Officer (closed)
Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Chief Marketing Officer (closed)
Achieve 3000/Insight Venture Partners, Chief Financial Officer; Chief Sales Officer (both closed)