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Four new Knerds joined our team in the past month. We’re excited to have them all on board. Rob Schultheis joins Knewton as a Quality Assurance Engineer. Before coming to Knewton, he hiked the Appalachian trail; before that, he consulted as a quality engineer. Originally from Miami, Rob graduated from Virginia Tech. In his free time, he enjoys yoga and cooking. His favorite book is Riddley Walker, and this is his favorite Wikipedia article. You… Read more

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It’s an unavoidable problem in traditional classrooms: teachers, in the challenging position of teaching a class of 30 students or more with a wide variety of abilities and needs, are struggling to understand exactly what those needs and abilities are and to provide the instruction that will be most helpful for each student. Knewton is working hard to solve this problem. In particular, we on the Knewton Adaptive Instruction Team have worked to create a… Read more

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  Ever wonder why the Knewton tech blog is called “N Choose K”? Learn why — and get a quick math refresher — in this tech blog post from Senior Software Engineer Shawn Lauzon.

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Next up on our tour of the best engineering schools in the country: Cornell. We’ll be talking Knerd shop on February 5 at the Engineering & Technical Fair over at Barton Hall. Knewton software engineer, Brad Baebler will be happy to answer any questions about our Adaptive Learning Platform TM. Come by and get your Knerd shirt!

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Over the next few months, we’ll be trekking around the country to visit college engineering programs and recruit a few good Knerds. One of our first stops is Carnegie Mellon, which just happens to be the alma mater of two of Knewton’s greatest data scientists. We made a short video about how George and Jesse’s experiences in Pittsburgh helped shape their careers as Knerds. Meet Knewton software engineers in the flesh at the CMU Engineering… Read more

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In a few weeks, we’ll be at one of the most venerable seats of higher learning all the world over: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Join us as we cast our genius net at the MIT Tech Fair on Monday, February 4 at Rockwell Cage!

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In the coming months, we’ll be traveling to some of the most venerated institutions of higher learning to find rockstar engineers — and bring them back to Knewton. We’ll be at Harvard’s Startup Fair on Friday, February 1st talking Knerd shop. I will be joined by software engineer, Mohan Kolli at the Knewton booth. Stop by and grab a Knerd shirt! In the meantime, check out this short video we put together featuring three Harvard-educated… Read more

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Education and edtech are proving big draws at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, with nearly a dozen panels and related events. I’ve been lobbying for this kind of commitment to education here since I started coming to Davos three years ago, but this is the first year I’ve seen it happen (there were no panels on education in the last two years). This new focus is reflective of a much larger trend. In… Read more

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We recently welcomed three new Knerds to the Knewton team. Software engineer Philip Vegdahl (left) moved across the country from Santa Barbara, CA, where he worked for a defense contractor, to join us here at Knewton. Prior to his move, Philip had never lived off the West Coast or in a big city. “Living in Manhattan is very different,” says Philip, “but so far I love it.” Philip graduated from Harvey Mudd College. His favorite… Read more

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Edtech is booming. In the past decade, VC investments in edtech have tripled from $146 million in 2002 to $429 million in 2011, according to the National Venture Capital Association. VentureBeat says that the market size for U.S. education could reach $1.2 trillion by 2015. If this were any other information technology vertical market, the issue of incorporation status would be no issue at all. But education is held to a different standard. A higher standard, many… Read more

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