Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding. Jose Ferreira addconcretecultural Change image and share on social
I had started teaching because I love brainteasers. At some point, I had taken every standardized test out there - the SATs, the GREs, the GMATs, the MCATs. I just took them for fun. Jose Ferreira brainteasersfungmats Change image and share on social
We know everything about what you know and how you learn best because we get so much data. And education is the highest-stakes media product in your life. It's infinitely more important than your Facebook friends' status updates or your Google search results because it's your future. Jose Ferreira datumeducationfacebook share on social
No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market. Jose Ferreira addressablecaredollar Change image and share on social
Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up. Jose Ferreira amountcatchdatum Change image and share on social
The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined. Jose Ferreira areabaycity Change image and share on social
I found school very boring and frustrating. Jose Ferreira borefindfrustrate Change image and share on social
You need more than just a great idea. Your product or service must add an enormous amount of value to some industry. If the idea isn't completely new, it has to be better, cheaper, or more efficient than what we already have. Jose Ferreira addamountcheap share on social
The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn't. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you're stupid. You don't think, 'If this kid's not a good fit, it could be the system's fault.' Jose Ferreira badbureaucracyeducation share on social
In a crisis, markets always look to see who is the next-worst off and proactively begin shying away from them. Jose Ferreira badbegincrisis Change image and share on social