Education

A 9th grade special education inclusion teacher lacks confidence and foundational skills in math, which may impact her teaching effectiveness and ability to help students with math, though she is not explicitly required to teach it.

A first-grade teacher struggled to establish effective classroom management early in the year, leading to disruptive behavior that hindered teaching.

Adult art student constantly needs hand-holding through every step, interrupting teacher's ability to help other students and creating classroom tension.

A teacher needs to show a graphic movie adaptation of Frankenstein to 9th graders but lacks a way to easily edit or filter inappropriate content for classroom use.

Teacher observes declining test performance despite stable content knowledge, likely due to students' inability to decode complex test questions, with no clear solution.

School administration still relies on excessive paper forms, requiring printing and rescanning, despite available digital alternatives.

A foreign veterinary graduate needs a single, reliable study resource to prepare for the RCVS exam instead of reading many books.

Kindergarten teacher is frustrated that the updated VALLS exam is too hard, misaligned with kindergarten standards, and causing students who perform well in class to fail.

A teacher cannot reach parents because contact information on file is outdated or invalid, making it impossible to follow through on behavior interventions and undermining credibility with students.

A part-time substitute teacher without a school-based LPDC cannot figure out how to complete the required coursework/CEUs to renew their Ohio teaching license, and the state board's guidance is unclear.

Classroom teachers lack purpose-built software solutions designed for their actual workflows, forcing them to adapt tools made by non-educators.

A high school teacher with ADHD and anxiety struggles to manage the mental and organizational demands of starting a new school year, feeling overwhelmed and unable to find a balanced prep routine after eight years.

Teachers find AI-generated lesson materials unreliable, requiring extensive correction due to hallucinations and inconsistencies.

Teachers lack a reliable, affordable way to wirelessly project and annotate their tablet screen on a classroom projector while moving around the room.

Special education reading teachers need an intermediate reading curriculum for middle school that is not too elementary but suitable for students who repeat special education for multiple years.