Data is the Differentiator — AI to Support 504s and IEPs with Marlee Strawn

About this episode

Marlee Strawn discusses the development of AI tools to support students with 504s and IEPs and shares insights from her entrepreneurial journey.

In this episode, we welcome back Scholar Education co-founder Marlee Strawn for a deep conversation about developing "good AI" that solves pressing challenges for educators. Marlee and Scott discuss: Going from teacher to administrator to founder Starting Scholar Education and building BaxterBot Generating meaningful data insights Putting real education expertise and context behind the data An AI tool with a purpose - supporting students with 504s and IEPs Providing actionable steps for parents to support their child What Marlee has learned in the first 18 months of entrepreneurship About Scholar Education Scholar Education is an AI-powered classroom enhancement platform that offers a suite of AI tools designed to deliver a personalized learning environment, with a specific focus on implementing and tracking accommodations for ESE, 504, and ELL students. Learn more at https://www.joinscholar.com About today’s guest Marlee Strawn's career started as a high school teacher and reached a significant milestone when she became the founding principal of the top-performing charter high school in the seventh largest district in the nation. Following her successful tenure as principal…

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Guest: Marlee Strawn

Topics covered

• AI in education
• 504s and IEPs
• data insights
• educational technology
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• AI
• education technology
• 504 plans
• IEPs
• data insights
• personalized learning
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scholar Education

Products: BaxterBot

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