2021 Rethink Education Impact Report
July 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of Rethink Education. It seems like a good moment to look back over this decade for patterns and lessons. Read about our impact, our investment thesis and about our portfolio companies, and more, in our latest Rethink Education Impact Report.
A Conversation with Aaron Friedland about Literacy and Access to Education
Today we are joined by Aaron Friedland, Founder & Executiver Director of the Simbi Foundation and Founder and CEO of Simbi. The Simbi Foundation is a nonprofit focused on providing quality education to refugees through its portable solar-powered classrooms. Simbi is a seed-stage edtech startup developing tools to help students learn to read through the […]
2020 Rethink Education Impact Report
In 2020 the pandemic changed education around the globe. People of any age trying to learn anything struggled with grief; terror; loneliness; anger; hunger; homelessness; racist policies and budgets and the constant spectacle of violence by racists, uniformed and otherwise; lack of a quiet, private place; lack of computing devices; lack of connection to the internet; lack of accommodations for special needs; […]
How Kim Smith is Accelerating Digital Innovation and Equity in K-12
Today we talk with Kim Smith, Executive Director of the League of Innovative Schools, a national network of forward-thinking education leaders who are striving to improve student outcomes through the smart use of learning technologies and innovative practices. Throughout her career Kim has worked to improve digital access and tools in education and to create […]
How David Blake is Transforming Lifelong Learning
In a recent blog post, Matt Greenfield detailed the key themes in education technology that Rethink Education is focused on and outlined four areas of study for our research in 2021. The first area of research is on working learners. We will share our findings through blog posts, events, and through our conversations on this […]
What’s Working in Education and What Isn’t? A Conversation with Michael Feldstein
Today we are joined by Michael Feldstein to discuss the latest in education technology. Michael is the creator of e-Literate and the Empirical Educator Project and has spent his career in education from teaching to consulting to working at large enterprises focused on education. On todays’ episode we will talk to Michael about his latest […]