Stuart Udell: I have the pleasure to be one of only two members of the EdTech community who are part of the American Association of School Administrators’ new commission for student-centered and equity-focused education. The goal of that organization is to create a blueprint for the future of American education. While there was a lot
Sramana Mitra: We’re hearing a lot about going into accounts through the teacher network. It seems to be working really well. You’re reinforcing the point by getting products in the hands of teachers through some sort of a freemium model and getting people to start looking at the product. There’s a virality to this. It
Sramana Mitra: When the teacher is assigning this reading through your product, is the student doing that reading at home? Stuart Udell: Before COVID, about 46% of our reading was done after school hours. Since COVID, that number jumped to the high 80s and even touched 90%. The nice thing is, there are lots of
Sramana Mitra: I’m going to go in a bunch of different directions in the next part of the interview. One, let’s start with the product and the model of how students are using the product. What is the infrastructure? How are teachers engaging? How are parents engaging to come up with a good outcome? Stuart
McGraw Hill has just acquired Achieve3000. Stuart is an EdTech veteran who discusses the pre-K-12 literacy gap, personalized learning, as well as open opportunities in B-to-C education models driven by Covid. Sramana Mitra: Tell us a bit about your own background and introduce us to the company. Let’s get acquainted.