Want an inside look at remote learning in public schools?Here's one example...An intelligent, highly-engaged, experienced teacher I've known for years posted this online today:Firstly: having 125 students and managing my own children's learning at ho...

Many companies, including many of you reading this email, have made your product free or discounted in response to schools moving to remote learning.This is one topic that Phil Cutler, CEO of PAPER (formerly Gradeslam), thinks EdTech leaders should t...

You could say that education technology is having it's moment right now. Right as parents everywhere are realizing how hard it is for teachers to do their jobs...A portion of teachers are realizing why colleagues, supervisors, etc, have been yelling...

During times of uncertainty, a good walk can clear the mind.While doing that recently, I recorded a video on 3 Shaky Ideas about the business of education right now:Click here to watch the video.In the video, you'll hear & see:Why this whole cris...

Make sure images are turned on in your email client for this one...It all started like this:This is John Sowash. John helps schools better implement their Chromebook and 1:1 programs. He's at Chrmbook.com. I saw his message and said:So I moseyed on o...

Thanks for many of your notes of condolence yesterday. I really appreciate it. Right now is a curious time for EdTech companies: some may explode with usage as schools move to remote learning. Others will struggle if their usage is tied to the in-sch...

While there's already so much happening in the world, yesterday my grandmother passed away. With everything swirling in my head, there was no way I could write something new today. Instead, I'm sharing the tribute I wrote to her and posted on Faceboo...

My school, like many others, are switching to remote learning next week.Here are 9 questions I have about the situation. If you have answers, reply and let me know.1) How many parents of elementary children will be able to take off? How many won't? 2...

Much is happening right now for me, between client work and my school making preparations to "go remote."So I'm going to briefly share two examples of cool people in the EdTech world doing stuff you might want to know about:1) Startup mentoring calls...

In 2018, Budweiser did a Super Bowl ad about canned water.They've donated millions of cans of water over the past few decades. And for the commercial, they showed how they had donated to people in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and others. These are all...