Allelo

We are so proud to announce that Allelo is in the Elite 200, a group of the world’s most innovative early stage startups!
From our genesis in a Carnegie Mellon dorm room, to being chosen from over +750 global EdTech startups as part of the pitch competition, the past few years have been a whirlwind - and we’re just getting started!
Thank you to and the 175+ judges that selected us as one of the promising companies! See you at the in San Diego!

Allelo Recognized as Semifinalist in GSV Cup Pitch Competition When we founded Allelo in 2020, we knew that the service we provide - transforming classrooms and putting student discussions at the center of education - was important. We knew we had …

Thank you and the NY administrator and educator community! It was a successful debut for Allelo.

Come hear Allelo Founders Daniel Hack and Jessica Minick, his high school ELA teacher, speak about how Allelo boosts student engagement. Today, 11;15am - 12:15pm Highland C

https://hubs.ly/H0_CsSL0 is an AI-driven leader in the conversational space. Its mission is to ensure that safe, open, and equitable student discussions are at the center of modern education. Check us out at booth 719 at

Our platform provides more productive discourse and engagement metrics that boost learning in multiple settings, all while protecting student privacy. Your students' data never goes anywhere. Learn more about us at http://allelo.io!

Open-Minded Discourse | Allelo Allelo is an online text based communication platform designed to teach participants how to have productive, open-minded, discourse.

Increased online learning means schools are bulking up on proactive data protection policies and practices, according to Center for Democracy & Technology's Eliza Bethan. Check it out:

Online learning is here to stay — privacy tools must rise to the occasion While we are having a national conversation about safe return to classrooms, we should apply what we have learned about threats to data privacy.

A new CDC study reveals the true impacts of on students. A quarter of parents surveyed said that hours of video-based learning is negatively impacting students' mental health.

Learn more from Education Week's Stephen Sawchuk:

Remote Learning Erodes Students' Well-Being, CDC Parent Survey Suggests Parents of children in remote or partly remote learning see their kids spending less time playing outside or interacting with friends.

Why was our shift to so tough? According to Lisa Stiffler, the problems were nuanced, but many were related to teachers only having access to tools that didn't align with student and teacher needs. https://www.geekwire.com/2021/remote-learning-1-year-experts-explain-move-remote-education-painful/ GeekWire

Remote learning at 1 year: Experts explain why the move to online education has been so painful Nearly a year has passed since Washington's schools closed due to COVID-19. The state's children are suffering a mental and behavioral health crisis so troubling that Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered…

Change in the industry has been slow in the past, but, according to Nick Kairinos, 2020 has revolutionized the way we educate and - crucially - promote active (rather than passive) learning. Read more:

'It would not be far-fetched to say that technology will become a mainstay of the classroom' - Education Technology The sector has adopted a short-term fix mentality – but edtech must evolve to meet the long-term needs of learners, says Nikolas Karinos of Soffos.

This new podcast from heavy hitters Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera reflects on the educational value of reasonable, civil debate with people you disagree with.

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Introducing the Common Ground Podcast | American Enterprise Institute - AEI Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera kick off their new podcast with a discussion on the value of civil debate, high-stakes testing, school reopening, accountability, personal responsibility, and more.

We are reading (and re-reading) this recent The Brookings Institution piece about why debate and dialogue techniques MUST be part of education innovation.

Check it out:

Debate-centered instruction can be new classroom tool for civility and racial justice Policymakers and education leaders can help catalyze this educational revolution.