Program: California Education: A Futuristic Snapshot

 

California Education - A Futuristic Snapshot

John Danner co-Founder and CEO of a new online learning company, Zeal, to make personalizing learning simple to manage for teachers and engaging and effective for students. John gave us a perspective on his time at Rocketship and how he sees education going in the future as well as how Zeal is adressing providing data to the people who can really make a difference with student- the teachers. He was very insightful and full in energy and information. Check out his presentations here (or click on the video below)
 
John Danner is the co-Founder and CEO of a new online learning company to make personalizing learning simple to manage for teachers and engaging and effective for students, focusing in particular on “the other 99%” of students for whom the current education system is not working.  John’s first partner in this venture is Rocketship Education, where John was co-Founder and CEO for the previous eight years.  Rocketship is the highest performing school system for low-income students in California and the first blended school system in the country, currently serving 3700 students.  John was a fifth and second grade public school teacher before starting Rocketship.  John’s first startup was NetGravity, the first Internet adserver company, where he was co-Founder and CEO.  John took NetGravity public in 1998 and sold the company in 1999.  John has a B.S. and M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a M.Ed. in Education Policy from Vanderbilt University.  He is an Aspen Institute Crown Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, and was the 2010 winner of the McNulty Prize for Social Entrepreneurship from the Aspen Institute. - - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/3794/Speakers/d5140642-651f-4810-b188-246df030fbdb#sthash.Nof0VkqD.dpuf
 
 
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