On the long journey from a classroom idea to a scalable app, what’s the true measure of success? For Edtech startup founders, who have pioneered solutions driven by a desire to make a difference to children’s learning, this question can be both perplexing and pivotal.
When the UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said that teachers are more important than screens, she brought up an old debate about digital versus human educators. Good education isn’t about choosing between technology and teachers – teachers all over the world use technology to enhance their teaching.
As a university professor and CEO of an EdTech company, I have experienced first-hand various challenges of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the two sectors. While systemic issues persist, there are opportunities for individual companies to adopt best practices. Here are three tips for startups.
“Achieving large-scale impact in education has been much more difficult than in public health,” remarked Bill Gates during the 2023 ASU+GSV keynote conversation with Jessie Woolley-Wilson. In doing so, he revealed a public secret: the scale and effectiveness of EdTech have an inverse relationship.
