Data-Driven Storytellers for the Education Market
Teaching, Planning, Distance Learning, Technology
By Megan Harrison
Sometimes, the best plan is to throw your plan out the window. Before the pandemic, I always had a plan. As a matter of fact, you could not find me without my brightly colored agenda. In high school, I scheduled the hours that I would block off for homework. In college, I prearranged everything from what courses I would take to what companies would hand me an offer letter once I grabbed my diploma.
I moved to Michigan from Southwest Florida when I was 13 years old. My dad fell ill and required surgery with a lengthy recovery time, so before my freshman year of high school I moved to Michigan to help with my family’s mum farm, take care of my dad, and maybe find an adventure. I moved from a district with 48,000 students dispersed between 61 schools to a village with a population of 2,000. I had spent a couple of weeks in the summer time there but I was not prepared for the culture shock I received once I started school.
What are the key factors for student success in school and later in life? This question is often discussed in educational journals and web articles. The question has too many answers to name, but off-hand I would suggest some of the most frequently mentioned: resilience, creativity, collaboration, adaptability, curiosity, grit, social-emotional intelligence, and self-advocacy. Though these attributes are very important, the quality of education students receive also is a key factor. Teachers play a major role in a student’s experience at school and whether or not that student feels successful.
Small Business, Marketing Department, Leaders, Mistakes
The company occupied three rooms on the second floor of a concrete strip mall. True to scrappy startup fashion, it had a small but trendy open floor-plan and beanbag chairs. The only way in was a pair of large glass doors sandwiched between two dentists' offices.
Hubspot Platinum, Growth-Driven Design