Link “Really, it’s looking at how do you build deep empathy with students and excellent educators to think about how do we design schools that are really meeting the needs of those people. So rather than making decisions more in a top-down way (this is what we’re going to do across a district), really making […]
Walton Family Foundation Full Article “We’re really rethinking the role of the contemporary educator. We want the educator to be the source of coming up with new solutions and testing new ideas and leading the charge of what school can look like in the future.”
Times Free Press Full Article “More than 250 principals and teachers from across Hamilton County gathered Monday to learn innovative ways to engage students this upcoming school year. With school starting next week, the educators dedicated one of their last summer days to learning from each other. “We engage kids by engaging teachers,” said Keri Randolph, […]
Silicon Bayou Full Article TrueSchool Studio is named a finalist in the Tory Burch Foundation Competition. The Tory Burch Foundation launched its inaugural Fellows Competition to fill a 10-spot fellowship created to help empower women entrepreneurs. Over 500 candidates applied for the fellowship and TrueSchool Studio, CEO Amy Vreeland is one of two New Orleans entrepreneurs […]
Stanford & ThinkImpact Stanford Social Innovation Hub & ThinkImpact In partnership with ThinkImpact, TrueSchool researched and designed social entrepreneurship paths for Stanford University’s Social Entrepreneurship Hub. TrueSchool built on the existing roadmaps and incorporated new elements to create high-impact, engaging pathways for the mobile app. The two new, modified pathways include a public pathway for […]
Catalyst Chicago Full Article John Boggs shares, “Through the Summer Design Program process, I took my unit on memoirs and created opportunities for students. Students will narrate their memoirs in PowerPoint and add images to their story to create an interactive presentation. This new approach will help my students learn writing and presentation skills, and gain […]
Times-Picayune Full Article “Using $1.2 million from a state grant, Jefferson Parish is moving to implement “blended learning” at two public schools on the West Bank, Mildred S. Harris Elementary in Bridge City and Harry Truman Middle in Marrero. TrueSchool would help teachers at Harris and Truman analyze data generated through student completion of the […]
Getting Smart Full Article “A Brookings report indicates that entrepreneurial activity in New Orleans is now 40 percent above the national average. Forbes said, “Assets such as low cost of living, high quality of life, and culture” have been essential in attracting and retaining the talent that has turned New Orleans into a tech hub… […]
Silicon Bayou Full Article “Vreeland wants to build talent in schools and districts nationwide. ‘Although education policy and district structures differ from state to state, a process focused on grassroots change is highly replicable and not geographically limited. This is essential to developing sustainable, scalable models to improve student outcomes,’ said Vreeland.”
Full Article “Another goal of TrueSchool workshops is to help teachers make the best use of new tools and techniques.‘There are tons of conversations in schools regarding education technology and personalized learning and how these should be implemented. Those decisions need to be informed by the teachers and students,’ Vreeland said.”