Forbes – Barbara Kurshan
“Teaching some of the most underserved students in New Orleans, Hilah Barbot, the Director for Blended Learning for the KIPP New Orleans Schools, noticed that her students’ low writing proficiency was one of the greatest barriers to college entry. Inspired by education technology tools available on the market, Hilah and her co-worker Adam Kohler had an idea about how to enhance their writing capabilities using adaptive, personalized learning. There are thousands of innovative thinkers like Hilah and Adam who have ideas about how to address some of the most pressing issues in education. Their stories illustrate the need for learning opportunities for new and potential education entrepreneurs as part of the education innovation ecosystem, which I have written about in past blogs. In researching available opportunities for her to grow her idea into a venture, Hilah came across a program that blended her interests in education, business and entrepreneurship that didn’t require her to leave her classroom- the M.S.Ed. in Education Entrepreneurship program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (“Penn GSE”)- and decided to enroll.”(more)