Scaling Educational Impact with Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education
- Author
- Alex Sarlin
- Published
- Wed 10 Nov 2021
- Episode Link
- None
In this episode, we speak to Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education, who was most recently the CEO of Altschool as it was acquired by Higher Ground Education in 2021.
Ben is a longtime edtech executive with educational roots- five years in the classroom - as well as experience in healthcare, and he speaks in this episode about how we might borrow some of the best practices in healthcare to improve education, as well as how to scale the educational practices of the best teachers in every school.
Resources:
Ben names several innovative companies in this podcast including:
- Crimson Education: an international small-group based high school, based in New Zealand)
- Third Space Learning: a high-dosage tutoring platform based in Sri Lanka)
Book and Blog Recommendations:
- Work by Thich Nhat Hahn
- Class Clowns by Jonathan A. Knee
- The Flight of a Butterfly or the Path of a Bullet?: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning by Larry Cuban
- Larry Cuban's Blog "Larry Cuban on School Reform"
