Podcast: Bootstrapping, Culture, And The Online Learning Opportunity
2025-08-15
This month I was invited onto the ‘HR Heretics’ podcast to discuss the early days of Quizlet, and the futureKeep Reading
Job Advice For Recent College Grads
2025-08-01
I get asked constantly for job and career advice by recent and soon-to-be college grads, in climate tech and inKeep Reading
75 Business Bedtime Stories For Kids
2024-03-28
People think business is complicated… but it really isn’t. A couple years ago, I decided to write some simple storiesKeep Reading
Will Multicultural Education Matter In The AI Age?
2023-04-18
I was invited to write an essay for a book about the future of multilingualism and cultural fluency. Instead, weKeep Reading
The Future Of Innovation (And Access) In Education
2020-05-18
I was asked to be on a panel this week about innovation in education. Here’s some thoughts: Hi everyone –Keep Reading
If Climate Education Was As Good As Coronavirus Posters
2020-03-14
The world’s governments are moving quickly to educate people about the Covid-19 coronavirus; specifically: 1) how to tell the symptoms;Keep Reading
Academic Performance At Longfellow Plummets, While Willard and King Thrive
2019-12-15
De-facto segregation in plain sight.Keep Reading
Make Your Own CO2 Learning Game
2019-10-14
Last week at the Getting To Zero (carbon) conference I played an excellent group game that showed how with aKeep Reading
Save Those Rejection Letters
2019-02-05
“You don’t seem cut out for business.” That’s what some guy from Harvard Business School essentially told me when IKeep Reading
Celebrating The Early Quizlet Team
2018-10-22
The early Quizlet team was awesome. We bootstrapped the company for almost a decade, with a small, scrappy, team thatKeep Reading
Are Teachers And Journalists On The Same Wild Ride?
2018-08-09
They’re facing a lot of change, and the same tough questions. Google ‘what do teachers and journalists have in common’Keep Reading
For A Fun, Educational Project, Build This Cardboard Pinball Machine
2018-05-26
What can America do with its mountains of recycled cardboard? Make educational toys, that’s what! Last week, in Burlington, Vermont,Keep Reading
What If We Spent $2 Trillion On Education?
2017-07-17
We spent $1.7 trillion on the Iraq war. Now (February 2020) Congress is considering a two trillion dollar stimulus bill. ThisKeep Reading
Why I Admire Khan Academy
2017-05-31
Quizlet CEO Matt Glotzbach and I visited Khan Academy today to have lunch with their new COO Ginny Lee, whoKeep Reading
An Afternoon of Design Ideas
2016-12-08
Just went to a very cool afternoon of presentations at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation on the Berkeley campus.Keep Reading
How Pilates Got Huge (It Went Open Source)
2016-10-20
If you want to start a trend that goes from obscure to ubiquitous seemingly overnight, open it up wide. CaseKeep Reading
Why I’m Buying Books
2015-02-24
I’ve been on a strange book-buying binge over the past few weeks. The paper kind. Almost 100 books and counting.Keep Reading
Why the Best Learning Tools for the Next Generation Should Be Free
2014-02-20
In the 1860s, Joseph Dixon invented a cost-effective way to mass produce graphite pencils, which previously had been costly andKeep Reading
The Power of Staying Power: Pete Seeger Never Stopped Teaching
2014-02-02
[The following is an email I sent out to my team a few days after Pete Seeger’s death on JanuaryKeep Reading