Tech leadership in education must embrace disruption

A.P. Osborne

By A.P. Osborne
Community contribution / November 20, 2017

"Every teacher deserves the chance to be phenomenal" - Bill Gates.

The world in which students and teachers live in is changing at the speed of light.

The rise of social media ...

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