Eleven years ago, Rob Waldron took the helm of a small New England workbook publisher and turned it into a digital learning leader. The flagship adaptive instructional product, i-Ready, is now serving 7 million students and educators and recently provided its billionth lesson. I recently spoke with Waldron about these impressive milestones and how he sees the education landscape changing in the coming years. Vander Ark: A decade ago you took over a sleepy workbook publisher. Vander Ark: And add to that, the end of the great recession also looked like the end of traditional publishing to many.

Source: Forbes July 15, 2019 06:56 UTC