The Future of Education in Brazil Click on the thumbnail to see the full infographic. As the fifth most populous country in the world — surpassed only by China, India, the U.S, and Indonesia — Brazil has a population of approximately 200 million and one of the largest economies in the world. What does the educational system look like now, what’s in store for the future, and how will these developments drive economic growth? As… Read more
Data Analyst Max Livingston comes to Knewton from the New York Fed, where he was working as a Research Analyst. An NYC native, Max graduated from Wesleyan University. His hobbies include playing the fiddle and cooking, and his favorite TV show is The West Wing. Marginal Revolution is his favorite website. Software Engineer Santosh Thammana is also a New York City native. He graduated from Cornell and earned his masters at Columbia. His favorite TV… Read more
From L-R: Emily, Max, SantoshOur first few summer interns have arrived. We’re excited to welcome them to Knewton! Originally from Brownsville, TX, Siddharth Reddy studies Computer Science at Cornell University. His hobbies include squash, chess, and reading cyberpunk. His favorite food is Pad Thai, his favorite website is Quora, and the most exotic place he’s ever visited is Brazil. Visit his website at siddharth.io. Brian Zeng, an intern with Knewton’s Deployment team, is originally from Sunnyvale, CA. He’s currently… Read more
L-R: Arsalan, Brian, SiddharthWe’re excited to announce that Knewton has partnered with Elsevier — a renowned provider of scientific, technical, and medical information and services — to bring personalized curricula to health and medical students around the world. It’s partnerships like this one that represent the true potential of Knewton. Today, nearly every nursing student and registered practitioner in North America will use an Elsevier textbook in training or in practice. Knewton-powered Elsevier products will make it possible… Read more
Last month, I addressed the most common arguments people use today against big data in education. As Knewton emerges as a global leader in big data for education, it is increasingly our responsibility to explain both the benefits and the limits of data. Ever since Knewton was founded, we’ve been as careful as possible with student data (so much so that we don’t even hold any Personally Identifiable Information for our partners’ students1). Over the years, we’ve carefully… Read more
Recently, we celebrated Knewton’s sixth birthday. It seems that each year brings more progress and change than all the previous years combined, and this past year was no different. We’re using our latest round of funding ($51 million) to continue to extend our technological leadership and support rapid growth globally, including a new office across the pond in London. Our partnerships with leading education companies brought Knewton-powered products to over 4 million students in 250,000 classrooms in 120… Read more
Click on the image to see the full infographic. Games excel at engaging users and drawing them into fictional landscapes and alternative worlds. For these reasons, games can be tremendously productive if harnessed for educational purposes. How exactly can educational games fuse cognitive work with entertainment? What exactly imbues games that succeed in transferring skill and knowledge with their alluring, even addictive quality? 1. Games are built to encourage systemic understanding of information Progress in… Read more
Commutes are the worst. They hurt job satiesfaction, and they cause stress and illness, depression, and even divorce. That’s before we even get to lost productivity — every minute we shave off commutes in America is worth about $20 billion annually. When Knewton was evaluating potential office locations, the issue of commute time was one of the most important decision criteria. As a data company, we decided to examine this criteria in a data-driven way…. Read more
Eugene Lee joins Knewton’s Implementations team as a Client Manager. Eugene graduated from Cornell, received his MBA from NYU, and was previously working for Mayor Bloomberg. His hobbies include traveling, eating, and cooking. His favorite TV show is Game of Thrones. Michael Baldwin comes to Knewton as a Product Manager. Originally from upstate New York, he graduated from Yale University. Michael sings tenor in the New York Choral Society and is the creator of testyourvocab.com,… Read more
From L-R: Michael, Raghav, Sam, Jay, Giancarlo, Eugene, Michael, Arnon We are proud to announce the launch of Education and Skills 2.0: New Targets and Innovative Approaches, a forward-thinking book that examines innovative approaches in education that will accelerate global economic development. Knewton CEO Jose Ferreira is one of the authors of the book, along with members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Education & Skills, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Professor David E. Bloom, Mercer Regional President, Pat Milligan, and 2U, Inc…. Read more
