To some degree, the vast majority of educators agree with Sir Ken Robinson’s illustrious Ted Talk where he convincingly argues, “We have a system of education modeled on the interest of industrialization and in the image of it…schools are still pretty much organized on factory lines with ringing bells, specialized into separate subjects…we still educate children by batches, we put them through the system by age group…Why do we do that? Why is there this assumption that the most important thing kids have in common is how old they are?… If you’re interested in the model of learning you don’t start from this production line mentality.”
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Fresh out of college, Ben Carney taught mathematics in two NYC DOE public high schools while simultaneously obtaining a Masters of Teaching from Pace University and a Masters of Education Policy at New York University.Embracing differentiation was a key component of Ben’s teaching philosophy as his students’ mathematical abilities ranged from well below grade-level to incredibly advanced. So Ben asked, “if we believe in differentiation, then why don’t we simply take it one step further and truly embrace personalized learning experiences for all students?”
Ben has been obsessed with personalized learning ever since.Ben Carney, President & Founder of SOLVED, began his journey as an independent Education Consultant in 2013. Over time, as an instructional coach, he collaborated with several teachers to modernize mathematics instruction by implementing a variety of blended learning models. Most recently, Ben has expanded the SOLVED services and the team of Innovative Education Experts. SOLVED has designed and built over 40 custom school mobile apps, continues to bring innovative solutions to classroom teachers in over 80 schools, and expanded the SOLVED team to 20+ experts.
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SOLVED was founded and is led by former NYC Public School educators.
In collaboration with school leadership teams, SOLVED consultants support teachers’ efforts to improve students’ learning opportunities. We leverage six major areas of instructional design and implementation to improve teachers’ pedagogy and students’ learning outcomes.
Promote Growth Mindset for Students & Teachers
Demonstrate Effective Feedback Strategies
The evolution in the tech world demands a more enthusiastic approach to engaged learning through recorded sessions, easy sharing of documents, personalized learning patterns, enhanced performance analysis, etc. And GRADED+ has something above these general features, improving learning for students and providing a better teaching experience.
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The professional development efforts we inculcate in building the right solution are based on the concept of reshaping your classroom and school culture. Such an application will empower users with outstanding features streamlining the maintenance of institutions, their students, teachers, staff, and parents and providing better collaboration.
