Tag: education

The Lean Lab

New batch of techies, educators to revamp learning with Lean Lab

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2016

After recently announcing it would award $100,000 for education startups, the Lean Lab on Thursday unveiled the five entrepreneur teams that represent its third cohort. The non-profit for the first time opened its fellowship program to accept international teams, reaping it more than 50 applications — some from as far as Iran and Bulgaria, said…

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Katie Boody Carrie Markel Lean Lab

Dying schools taught Katie Boody how to build

By Tommy Felts / June 10, 2016

Editor’s note: Katie Boody is a co-founder of The Lean Lab, a Kansas City-based education incubator that helps educators create and implement innovative ideas in schools to help students. The Lean Lab co-founder Carrie Markel contributed to this piece. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Both the schools I taught at are…

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Laura Gilchrist Silicon Valley education

Laura Gilchrist: What KC can learn from Silicon Valley education

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. A few weeks ago, several of my fellow educators and I toured five innovative Bay Area schools. Being in the heart of Silicon Valley, it’s no surprise that educators there understand the importance of finding new ways to engage and educate kids in…

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Regional Roundup

Regional Roundup: Chicago’s megamall turned innovation hub

By Tommy Felts / May 31, 2016

In this week’s roundup of watercooler talk from the region’s startup hubs, we have the dish on Chicago’s booming startup density, Uber and Lyft’s Austin tantrum, and Denver’s No. 3 rank for digital economy readiness. Check out more in this series here.   ChicagoInno: How the Merchandise Mart became the epicenter of Chicago tech How…

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digital divide

Connecting For Good CEO analyzes the area digital divide

By Tommy Felts / May 25, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. After my first four months as CEO of Connecting For Good, I’m compelled to share a viewpoint on what the Kansas City digital divide looks like. Knowing the answer to this question is only the first step to tackling digital inclusion efforts, but…

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