A presentation by Elisabeth Stock, CEO & Co-Founder of CFY, at the 2014 Social Enterprise Leadership Forum at Columbia Business School.

1. Getting Teachers, Parents, and
Technology Working Together
for Student Learning
Elisabeth Stock
CEO & Co-Founder

2. CFY’s Work
Enable students across the nation to meet high learning
standards, own their learning, and be college and career-ready

3. CFY’s Work

4. CFY’s Work
TOP-DOWN
BOTTOM-UP

5. CFY’s Work
Randomized
Controlled Trials

6. CFY’s Work
Enable students across the nation to meet high learning
standards, own their learning, and be college and career-ready

7. Media Coverage and Funders
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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

14. Nation  Classroom
This distribution is mirrored in our classrooms

15. The Goal

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?

17. Blended Learning Models
• Station-Rotation
• Lab-Rotation
• Flipped Classroom

18. WRONG Question
• Station-Rotation
• Lab-Rotation
• Flipped Classroom

19. Construct
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20. Average 10 Percentile Point Increase in
State Math Ranking
Does the construct work?

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?

22. How can we pursue scale?
TOP-DOWN
BOTTOM-UP

23. Bottom-Up Change
TOP-DOWN
BOTTOM-UP

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:

25.
PowerMyLearning and Viral
Growth

26.
PowerMyLearning and Viral
Growth

27. PowerMyLearning and Viral Growth
Growth in Schools with Registered Users by Month

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?

31.
Improving Digital Content

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

33. Elisabeth Stock
CEO & Co-Founder
estock@cfy.org