We’ve touched on student data privacy before, but it’s a topic we will probably return to frequently. The issue is a growing area of concern for anyone working in the education technology sector, as illustrated by this article in yesterday’s New York Times. Most companies working in the education technology sector are not bad actors. […]
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Colombia may be on the brink of the future but can only go as far as the education system will allow. However there are gaps such as access to quality digital content, this gap is being addressed by a new Colombian initiative to provide over 900.000 tablets for students and teachers. Nearly half of the […]
This week, President Obama announced that he would be proposing legislation to increase protections on the data privacy of students. The actual legislation is expected to be submitted by the end of February. There is an abundance of research that shows gathering and analyzing data on student performance can greatly enhance educational outcomes. As students […]
Meaningful family involvement in schools can make a huge difference for a child’s learning and for driving improvement in the school system as a whole. Extensive research has shown that students with involved parents have higher attendance, social skills, grades, test scores, and graduation rates. We learned a lot more about this topic when […]
The way technology moves forward often leaves little room for those who prefer to wait. The idea that the fastest adopters take greater risks may hold some truth, but it’s also true that the people who are left in the trough behind the wave usually suffer the most. Advances in technology create great new opportunities, […]
After visiting the coffee farm on our recent expedition, some of the Mobility Labs team went out to meet a woman who works in the river panning for gold. We learned a lot about this part of the Colombian economy which employs thousands of people. Several of our team members gave this task their best […]
A big part of the Mobility Labs retreat involves reviewing our processes. We took a look at almost every aspect of the business to better understand how we do what we do for clients, for projects, and for ourselves. We subscribe to the belief that often the best way to understand something is to explore […]
The Mobility Labs retreat in Medellin, Colombia continued with a trip into the hills around Medellin for some paragliding. We arrived there early in the day and got a chance to watch other people floating gently in the sky. It was a bit of a hike up to the launch point, but it was worth […]
Mobility Labs is in the second week of our first team retreat in Medellin, Colombia. Mobility Labs team members from the New York and Washington, DC offices have made the trip along with members who normally work from as far away as Berlin. All these travelers join the team working out of the Medellin office […]