This series shines a spotlight on the innovative edtech companies working to make a difference for students and educators. Through conversations with the founders and CEOs, partner organizations, and the educators who are using their products in schools today, listeners hear about solutions relevant to their chronic challenges and opportunity-expanding ideas to go into uncharted directions.
Latest episodes
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33 min
A Parent's Guide to Curiosity-Driven Learning with Christine Braun
In this episode, Eric Makelky continues his conversation with Christine Braun, Chief Creative Officer at Cresconova Labs, digging deeper into how families can apply the Labs framew…
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25 min
Inside Cresconova Labs with Christine Braun
Host Eric Makelky talks with Christine Braun, Chief Creative Officer at Cresconova, about the framework behind Cresconova Labs, the organization's new in-person innovation space. C…
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46 min
How Cresconova Fits into the Educational Journey with Katie Kelly and Sarah Merkt
In this episode of the Cresconova Global podcast, host Eric Makelky sits down with Katie Kelly and Sarah Merkt to explore how Cresconova Global's online enrichment program fits int…
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40 min
Reimagining Education Without Borders with Katie Kelly & Sarah Merkt
Host Eric Makelky sits down with Katie Kelly and Sarah Merkt, of Cresconova Global, an online (and in-person, via Cresconova Labs) enrichment program serving students across five c…
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50 min
Beyond School as We Know It: Cresconova’s Founders on Personalized, Creative Learning
Summary What if education began with the child—not the factory model, the timetable, or a standardized ceiling? In this episode of the EdTech Startup Showcase, Eric Makelky talks w…
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25 min
Implementation Series, Part 3: What Happens to Family Engagement When Instructional Practice Changes? with Eli…
Today we're sharing part three of the implementation series from Family Engagement Lab. Elisabeth O'Bryon of Family Engagement Lab and Rayna Flye of Illustrative Mathematics join u…
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22 min
Implementation Series, Part 2: Why Good Ideas Fail Quietly in Schools with Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryo…
Today we're sharing part two of the implementation series from Family Engagement Lab. Co-founders Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryan join us to discuss:When schools launch family…
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29 min
Implementation Series, Part 1: The Missing Instructional Layer with Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryon
Today we're excited to bring you part one of a series from Family Engagement Lab. Co-founders Vidya Sundaram and Elisabeth O'Bryan join us to discuss:How the common idea of “family…
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29 min
Trading the Classroom for a Startup with Mike Cronley
In this episode of the EdTech Startup Podcast, host Jeff Bradbury interviews Mike Cronley, co-founder and CEO of Class Composer and former third-grade teacher. Mike shares his jour…
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28 min
Family Engagement Lab with Vidya Sundaram & Elisabeth O'Bryon
In this EdTech Startup Showcase episode, host Jethro Jones interviews Vidya Sundaram (CEO) and Elisabeth O'Bryon (Chief Impact Officer) from Family Engagement Lab. The conversation…
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31 min
Jamie Rosenberg, Founder & Executive Chairman of ClassWallet
Jamie Rosenberg is a two-time founder of technology platforms, including education philanthropy platform AdoptAClassroom.org, and the subject of today’s conversation, ClassWallet.…
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28 min
Inside Greenville County's System for Improving Instruction Through Classroom Observation Data
Ben Gustafson, founder of Classroom Mosaic, returns to the show along with Jeff McCoy, associate superintendent for Greenville County Schools in South Carolina. Jeff and Ben discus…
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27 min
Relevancy and Authenticity with Kali Frederick of High Tech High Graduate School of Education
It's a delight to be joined by Kali Frederick, Professional Learning Designer with the High Tech High Graduate School of Education who has 20 years of teaching and designing learni…
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35 min
Class Composer CEO Mike Cronley on Addressing Inequitable Elementary Class Assignments
Today we're thrilled to introduce Class Composer, the newest startup to join the show. We speak with CEO and co-founder Mike Cronley. Class Composer is a software solution designed…
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35 min
Ethics and AI with Priten Shah
Priten Shah, the founder and CEO of Pedagogy.Cloud and Pedagog.ai, returns as guest. He gets us caught up on the company's latest work, sets the context for ethics and AI, and disc…
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31 min
Christel Reaves on Knowing Your Strengths and Being a Resilient EdTech Entrepreneur
We're excited to have Christel Reaves, founder and CEO of Connected Class, back on the show. Today she shares some of the big developments with Connected Class over the past six mo…
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34 min
Data is the Differentiator — AI to Support 504s and IEPs with Marlee Strawn
In this episode, we welcome back Scholar Education co-founder Marlee Strawn for a deep conversation about developing "good AI" that solves pressing challenges for educators. Marlee…
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24 min
Using career exploration to give kids hope for the future with Dr. Shannon Putman
In this episode, Barb Flowers speaks with Dr. Shannon Putman. Shannon is owner of Putman XR Consulting, focusing on immersive technology education, training, and support. She was a…
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22 min
Creating authentic learning experiences with Dr. Adrienne Usher
Adrienne Usher, Assistant Superintendent of Bullitt County Public Schools in Kentucky, is today’s guest. She discusses her work to bring engaging project-based learning to her dist…
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42 min
Unlocking the science of reading with Edsoma CEO Kyle Wallgren
Welcome to this special episode of the EdTech Startup Showcase, part of our National Literacy Month series of podcasts, presented in partnership between the Be Podcast Network and…