This is a hot time for ed-tech entrepreneurs. Influential donors and foundations, and the meteoric success of Shark Tank provide startups with the capital and business acumen to help schools deliver instruction more effectively and enhance the student experience.
While every startup thinks their solution to education will revolutionize learning, they must, according to journalist Jordan Shapiro, understand exactly what teachers want and need.
“Perhaps your new product is disruptive, but disruption is not what we need,” says Shapiro who receives scores of letters from ed-tech startups.
A Gates Foundation survey found 5 crucial responses from teachers about what type of tools best supports their needs.
For more on Shapiro’s analysis and the 5 teacher responses, read the full story in Forbes.
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