Tag Archives: Business

Who is Education’s Customer?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by karen mahon

Today I attended a session about the relationships between business and education. The session was put on by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, a non-profit group that does really good work in my state to improve education on the … Continue reading →

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Diane Ravitch Doesn’t Understand EdTech Entrepreneurism

Posted on July 28, 2013 by karen mahon

I really try my best not to read what Diane Ravitch writes. I usually disagree with her and I find her to be quite inflammatory, and not in a good way. But this time I feel like I really need … Continue reading →

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Do Kids Really Need to READ??

Posted on April 25, 2012 by karen mahon

I was chatting to a colleague in the publishing industry recently.  We were talking about the Headsprout Reading programs….Early Reading and Reading Comprehension.  My colleague shall go nameless (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent!), but he told me that publishers … Continue reading →

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