The Valhalla Foundation would like to thank the following people for so generously sharing your time and insights to make this project possible:
- Dagan Bernstein, K-8 Capstone Coordinator, former music and math teacher, Hawaii Preparatory Academy
- Sam Bidleman, School Board Director, Bloomsburg Area School District
- Drew Bent, Education Lead, Anthropic
- Jean-Claude Brizard, CEO, Digital Promise
- Jennifer Carolan, Co-Founder and Partner, Reach Capital
- Allen Cheng, Senior Supervising Superintendent of High Schools and District 79, NYCPS
- Emily Cherry, 12th grade AP Language and Composition teacher, Morro Bay High School, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Tyler Cohen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, Faculty Director, Mercatus Center
- David Coleman, CEO, College Board
- Angela Duckworth, Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Faculty Co-Director, Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative
- Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
- Jennifer (Jamie) Ervin, Special Education Teacher, Wyoming Connections Academy, WY
- Aimée Eubanks Davis, founder and CEO, Braven
- Orly Friedman, Founder and Head of School, Red Bridge
- Roland Fryer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Lisa Gevelber, Global Vice President, Google
- Chong Hau-Fu, CEO, Leading Educators
- Wendy Hedeen, Teacher, English and Computer Science, Northside Christian School, FL
- Kaya Henderson, Executive Vice President and Executive Director, Center for Rising Generations at the Aspen Institute
- Frederick M. Hess, Senior Fellow and Director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- Heather Hill, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Margaret Honey, President & CEO, The Scratch Foundation
- Shavar Jeffries, CEO, KIPP Foundation
- Sal Khan, Founder and CEO, Khan Academy
- Timothy Knowles, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Sherry Lachman, Founder and Executive Director, AugmentED
- Jessica Lamm, Math and STEAM Department Head
- Jessica Leary, Teacher, Business subjects, grades 9-12, Depew, NY
- Christina Osborn-Preston, Computer Science Teacher, K-5, Title I school
- Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
- Jennifer Pratt, Teacher Lead, grades 6-12, Houston Alternative School, MI
- Denai Rubio, 5th Grade Teacher, Hawaii Preparatory Academy
- Shalinee Sharma, CEO, Zearn
- Jon Star, Professor and Faculty Co-Chair, Human Development and Education Program (HDE), Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Sebastian Thrun, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University; Founder, Udacity
- Daniel Willingham, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
- David Yeager, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas
- Yong Zhao, Distinguished Professor in the School of Education, University of Kansas
Students
- A.B., 11th grade, Nashville, TN (age 16)
- F.G., 8th grade, Denver, CO (age 13)
- A.M., 12th grade, Austin, TX, (age 17)
- Laelia Maynor, freshman, San Francisco State University, McKinleysville, CA (age 19)
- Adora Olise, junior, University of Maine, Kennebunkport, ME (21)
- L.P., 8th grade, Denver, CO (14)
- Maya Ratliff, freshman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (18)
- Spencer Ratliff, junior, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (21)
- Chloe Root, gap year, Earlysville, VA (21)
- M.S., 11th grade, Concord, NC (16)
- Caleb Taft, 12th grade (graduated), Warren, NC (18)
We also thank Learner Studio for organizing the teacher interviews and student focus group.