Tech Startup Seeks To Use Teacher Input To Develop Classroom Technology

The Boston Business Journal (12/14, Alspach, Subscription Publication) reports in its "Startups" blog that though teachers are "the users of classroom products," other officials "actually choose which products to buy, such as textbooks and technology. It's a dysfunctional market, according to ClassroomWindow -- a brand-new web startup in Needham that wants to upend the market with a Yelp-style, crowdsourced approach." The piece notes that the site will include user reviews, along with "publicly-available research and student test scores to enable the best possible buying decisions in schools." The piece notes that a "special assistant for innovation at the US Department of Education" has signed on to participate in the program's beta.