EdTech Startup Showcase: Scholar Education co-founder Marlee Strawn on implementing and tracking accommodations with AI
Today we’re excited to highlight a new company featured on the EdTech Startup Showcase, Scholar Education. In this conversation with Marlee Strawn, the company’s co-founder and Head of Education, you'll hear about:
- Vision and goals of Scholar Education
- Who Scholar Education’s solutions are designed to support in schools
- The challenges the company is solving
- Marlee’s career in education
- What educators are sharing about their experience with the tool
- How Marlee got involved with AI
About Scholar Education
Scholar Education is an AI-powered classroom enhancement platform that offers a suite of AI tools designed to deliver a personalized learning environment, with a specific focus on implementing and tracking accommodations for ESE, 504, and ELL students. Learn more at https://www.joinscholar.com or join the teacher waitlist: bit.ly/ScholarWaitlist
About today’s guest
Marlee Strawn's career started as a high school teacher and reached a significant milestone when she became the founding principal of the top-performing charter high school in the seventh largest district in the nation. Following her successful tenure as principal, Marlee transitioned to a new role in the education technology sector. As the Co-Founder and Head of Education at Scholar Education, Marlee leads the development of an AI-powered classroom enhancement platform designed to eliminate administrative burdens for teachers. She was also recently selected as a 2024 EDSAFE AI Alliance Women in AI Fellow.
About today’s host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn.
Listen to his other shows:
- The Authority — deep-dive interviews with the leading minds in leadership, management, education, and personal development.
- Sideline Sessions — conversations with successful coaches and performance experts from professional, collegiate, and youth sports.
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