8. Questions
1. What is the problem we are solving for?
2. What is the optimal blended learning model?
3. How can we achieve scale?
4. How can we improve the digital content
being produced?
9. Questions
1. What is the problem we are solving for?
2. What is the optimal blended learning model?
3. How can we achieve scale?
4. How can we improve the digital content
being produced?
10. What is the problem we are solving
for?
• High cost of K-12 education
• Offering virtual AP courses in rural areas
• Improve student outcomes
11. What is the problem we are solving
for?
• High cost of K-12 education
• Offering virtual AP courses in rural areas
• Improve student outcomes
12. 2012 Average scores of 15-year-olds on PISA
mathematics
How are US students doing?
1. China - Shanghai - 613
12. Finland - 519
13. Canada - 518
14. Poland - 518
36. United States - 481
13. How are US students doing?
Percent of 15-year-olds at each PISA level in math
16. Questions
1. What is the problem we are solving for?
2. What is the optimal blended learning model?
3. How can we achieve scale?
4. How can we improve the digital content
being produced?
21. Questions
1. What is the problem we are solving for?
2. What is the optimal blended learning model?
3. How can we achieve scale?
4. How can we improve the digital content
being produced?
24. What Do We Know About
Teachers?
• Recognize the value of tech tools
• Want choice -- teachers were 30%
more likely to call products effective if
they had a say in choosing them
• Want strong Common Core alignment
and granularity
– “The biggest improvement would be for the content
to be broken down by [Common] Core standard…so
teachers can easily see which activities correspond
to which lesson while they are planning.”
• Find free products just as useful as
products purchased by their school or
district
A survey of 3,100+ teachers found that
they:
28. Who is the viral agent in the school
building?
29. Top-Down Change
TOP-DOWN
BOTTOM-UP
1. Miami-Dade County (FL)
2. Oakland (CA)
3. Mooresville (NC)
4. Illinois Shared Learning
Environment (IL)
5. Fulton County (GA)
6. Atlanta (GA)
7. New York City (NY)
8. Los Angeles (CA)
9. Corona-Norco (CA)
10. Palm Beach (FL)
11. Douglas County (GA)
12. Pajaro Valley (CA)
13. Lee County (FL)
30. Questions
1. What is the problem we are solving for?
2. What is the optimal blended learning model?
3. How can we achieve scale?
4. How can we improve the digital content
being produced?
32. Digital
Learning
Activity A
Pre-
Quiz
Post-
Quiz
Example: Common Core State Standard 6.NS.A.A
Digital
Learning
Activity B
Pre-
Quiz
Post-
Quiz
Digital
Learning
Activity A/B
Pre-
Quiz
Post-
Quiz
Students
randomly
assigned
Treatment A
Treatment B
Control
Improving Digital Content