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Conference Recap
Highlights from Learn Capital's March 7, 2023, conference
FIRESIDE CHAT
Learning Revolution
Amplify reaches 10 million unique students and half a million teachers in kindergarten through eighth grade, touching 25% of the classrooms in the country.
“The driver to our business is if students learn more and learn better. It is making impact the driver to business growth and financial success.”
-Cathrine McKay, President & COO, Amplify
PANEL ONE
Human Capital
The pandemic has drastically changed the workforce landscape, making agility and skill development crucial to the success of employees and corporations alike.
Experts share insights from their work shaping the future of workforce development.
“My interest in skills is because I don't have a college degree. So upskilling and reskilling for me has been part of my life.”
- Carlos Gutierrez, Empath CEO, former Kellogg’s CEO
PANEL TWO
ESA Avalanche
Panelists discussed the potential impact and future of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), discussing their expansion, policy implications, and how they could transform educational choices for families.
Highlights
ESAs to Unlock $25B+ Towards School Choice (potentially additional $450 billion from 529s)
Hear from Dan Lips, originator of the ESA concept.
Julie Linn joins the panel straight from the TX Capitol with news on legislation.
PANEL THREE
AI-Augmented Learning
Bill, CTO at Brainly speaks to the challenges of leveraging gen AI as a personalized tutor to 200M students.
Satya, CEO of Merlyn Mind, shares on the transformation of the classroom and how the Merlyn assistant outpaces Siri and Alexa by over 12X in usage.
"All of human knowledge should be accessible at your fingertips at any time, instantly, serving the process of teaching and learning"
-Satya Nitta, CEO, Merlyn Mind
IMPACT SPOTLIGHTS
Polygence: High School Student Changes Houston’s Education Policies
Jin Chow, Polygence Co-founder, is paving a way for students to grow beyond their circumstances.
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Kinoo: The Magic Wand to End the Literacy Crisis
Jim Marggraff, LeapFrog®️ inventor and serial founder continues to tackle illiteracy.
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Ascent: Lending to underserved students yields lowest default rate in the nation
Ken Ruggiero, Ascent CEO, is redefining student loans.
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That's A Wrap
Thank you to everyone who was involved or made it out.
To all of you, we look forward to seeing you next year!
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