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Today’s teachers face a number of huge challenges. One of the most prevalent is that of personalized education.
For overworked educators with overcrowded classrooms, creating assignments that work for each individual student’s skill level and learning style is next to impossible. But one-size-fits-all curriculum rarely works out for the majority of students in a classroom either.
That’s the conundrum that entrepreneur Jose Ferreira is trying to solve with his education technology company, Knewton. The company just launched a free tool for teachers that Ferreira and his team have been working on for the last seven years.