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We all want kids to learn and to feel inspired. Ask them and they'll tell you: the surefire way to make elevated learning happen is to forge a meaningful human connection with them. Before we can address concepts such as math anxiety or other behavioral/learning/technological challenges we face, our foremost job is to connect to students as people. Then we all flourish.

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Why we shouldn’t glorify billionaires who dropped out of school

Robert Ahdoot

Jun 19, 2015
4 min

Why we shouldn’t glorify billionaires who dropped out of school

I love any and every American Dream story. Give me a “rags to riches” tale, or the iconic story of the lowly mailroom clerk working his way up the company ladder to become the CEO, and I will give you a juicy, single-head nod of affirmation. Even American car commercials that equate buying cars with our personal level of ambition rev me up sometimes, as does Drake’s song, “Started From The Bottom.” But somewhere along the road, this narrative takes a detour to la-la-land, and

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How to go from "teacher" to "teacherpreneur"

Robert Ahdoot

May 21, 2015
7 min

How to go from "teacher" to "teacherpreneur"

In March, I shared my interview with lifelong teacherpreneur, Dr. Powell. He spoke of the sacredness that is essential for success in both education and business. Today, I'm going to dive into a framework for how to effectively bridge the gap between the role of teacher and that of teacherpreneur. These concepts have taken me years to develop, implement, and hone on the fly. Their usage has lead to massively positive results within my contributions as a teacherpreneur. It's a

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Starting the conversation on teacherpreneurship - an interview with Dr. Bruce Powell

Robert Ahdoot

Apr 1, 2015
14 min

Starting the conversation on teacherpreneurship - an interview with Dr. Bruce Powell

Entrepreneurship and teaching traditionally have been mutually exclusive endeavors. Entrepreneurism stirs images of the self-starting creator of products or services. This business-savvy person grimaces at the thought of being bound by systems or conventions, while also understanding that to be successful, he must strategically navigate those very systems. On the other end of the spectrum, the concept of “teacher” conjures iconic images of chalkboards, desks, walls, rambuncti

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