In 2008, I wrote a (now re-discovered) letter about my college financial aid experience. It reminds me we have a long way to go for education equity, but I am hopeful.
Watch entrepreneur Erica Swallow give a lighting-style talk at Lean Startup Conference about how high schoolers are using the Lean Startup methodology.
What if the goal of education was to inspire students to be innovation junkies? Imagine if the expectation for students was to be innovators.
A decade ago, high school students were sent home with supply lists that included a backpack, binders, notebooks, and pens. Today, it is becoming increasingly important for a high schooler to come prepared with his or her digital records of achievement, including a LinkedIn profile, a resumé, and a digital portfolio.
Culture isn’t a decree from on high, implemented with the simple swoosh of the CEO’s hand. Instead, it has to be built by and for the entire team it represents.
This month marks the next step in my journey to understand how we can disrupt the status quo in education and give the children of America the education they deserve, an education that will set them up for success.
Broccoli is a multicultural, multilingual storybook app that teaches kids about other cultures in six different languages, by telling traditional stories from around the world.
Students in the Alma High DECA program manage a store that has international reach and teaches them management and leadership skills they’ll use for a lifetime.
Students at North Little Rock High School are getting industry-level certified in manufacturing basics in a pilot program unlike any other in the state. The school also currently certifies students as Certified Nursing Assistants and Pharmacy Technicians.
Some would-be entrepreneurs waste time either building a product no one wants or not validating the ideas stuck in their heads. Enter the non-tech MVP.
This year was my first at SXSWedu, and three topics really got me thinking: Diversity, professional development, and technology. What about you?
In a recent keynote at Junior Achievement of Arkansas, Arkansas native Erica Swallow urged students to dream big, take initiative, and never settle.
