Elijah speaks with Rebecca Kockler, educator turned tech leader, about illiteracy in the United States and her pioneering approach to fixing it.
American kids today are the worst at reading on record, with Black, Latino, and Native American kids suffering most from lack of access to good literacy education. With reading an almost prerequisite for success in life, this dynamic will only serve to widen wealth disparity across races in years to come.
In a fascinating 1 hour chat, we go to the heart of the dysfunction in our education system, hearing how market forces have put bad curriculum on our kids’ desks for years, and the awesome story of how Louisiana State overcame this by applying behavioral design to create real impact on the lives of real students.
You’ll learn about the architecture of a cutting-edge “For-Purpose” organization practicing truly kid-centered design, and what it means to build product to solve real world problems rather than simply to further one’s own wealth.
If you’re ever felt exasperated by our education system and felt an urge to fix it, you’ll enjoy this episode.
Today’s Guest: Rebecca Kockler
Rebecca Kockler is Program Director at Reading Reimagined, a for-purpose organization dedicated to ending the “decoding threshold” and eradicating illiteracy so that every kid, regardless of race, can read confidently and set themselves up for a more prosperous life.
Modern Mantra is currently collaborating with Reading Reimagined on the design of literacy applications for underprivileged children in the United States.
Connect with Rebecca and Reading Reimagined
In this episode, we discuss:
Thanks for listening! Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or find us on LinkedIn! Join the ModernMantra.co mailing list here.
Elijah speaks with Rebecca Kockler, educator turned tech leader, about illiteracy in the United States and her pioneering approach to fixing it.
American kids today are the worst at reading on record, with Black, Latino, and Native American kids suffering most from lack of access to good literacy education. With reading an almost prerequisite for success in life, this dynamic will only serve to widen wealth disparity across races in years to come.
In a fascinating 1 hour chat, we go to the heart of the dysfunction in our education system, hearing how market forces have put bad curriculum on our kids’ desks for years, and the awesome story of how Louisiana State overcame this by applying behavioral design to create real impact on the lives of real students.
You’ll learn about the architecture of a cutting-edge “For-Purpose” organization practicing truly kid-centered design, and what it means to build product to solve real world problems rather than simply to further one’s own wealth.
If you’re ever felt exasperated by our education system and felt an urge to fix it, you’ll enjoy this episode.
Today’s Guest: Rebecca Kockler
Rebecca Kockler is Program Director at Reading Reimagined, a for-purpose organization dedicated to ending the “decoding threshold” and eradicating illiteracy so that every kid, regardless of race, can read confidently and set themselves up for a more prosperous life.
Modern Mantra is currently collaborating with Reading Reimagined on the design of literacy applications for underprivileged children in the United States.
Connect with Rebecca and Reading Reimagined
In this episode, we discuss:
Thanks for listening! Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or find us on LinkedIn! Join the ModernMantra.co mailing list here.