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Dr. Yair Shapira in EdTech Insiders

Dr. Yair Shapira is the founder and CEO of NovoDia , an EdTech company innovating educational publishing through AI technology....

Jan 13

The Real Curriculum Is Written on Sunday Night

The real curriculum shows up on Sunday night. When teachers are patching gaps, rebuilding lessons, searching for examples that actually land at 8:03 on Monday morning. Sunday night is where coherence breaks. It’s where the hidden workload lives. If a curriculum needs rescuing every weekend, it’s not a curriculum. It’s a draft teachers are finishing alone. Read more

13 hours ago

Innovation Only Works When It Matches the Human Clock

Every school system I’ve seen runs on two clocks: The fast innovation clock - tech, demos, fireworks. The human clock - teachers, routines, trust. Most “slow adoption” isn’t resistance. It’s friction. Innovation that doesn’t match the human clock. Workflows that add steps instead of removing them. Technology that asks for more energy than the day has left. Schools move faster not when people push harder, but when tools fit naturally into the way schools already think and work

7 days ago

Curriculum Coherence Lives on the Teacher’s Desk

If you want to see how coherent a curriculum really is, Don’t read the pacing guide. Look at a teacher’s desk. The stack of photocopies. The half-finished anchor chart. The browser with eight tabs open. That’s where coherence, or the lack of it, shows itself. Every teacher is quietly doing the work of alignment: bridging gaps between standards, lessons, and the students in front of them. Coherence isn’t about uniformity. It’s about everything pointing in the same direction. T

Nov 18

The Two Curricula Every District Really Has

Every district has two curricula: • The one written in units and pacing guides, • and the one written in habits, rituals, and hallway conversations. The first is designed. The second is lived. Real improvement happens when they start talking to each other. When the daily rhythm of teaching begins to shape, not just follow, the written plan. Read more

Nov 11

See You at the 2025 Supes’ Choice Summit!

We’re excited to share that NovoDia will be attending the 2025 Supes’ Choice Summit, hosted by the Institute for Education Innovation - November 9-11 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM! This event brings together superintendents, educators, and partners who care deeply about what’s next for K-12 learning. It’s one of the best spaces to listen, connect, and share ideas about how districts are leading change in their classrooms. Our team - Bryan R. McCorkle , Gaby Lozano , and Alyssa

Nov 3

Trailblazers Leading Educational Transformation. The Vision Pitch.

Grateful to take part in an incredible panel, hosted by MindCET- EdTech Innovation Center , that brought together some of the most visionary thinkers shaping the future of learning: • Michael T. Moe - Founder & CEO, GSV Ventures , a pioneer investor defining the global EdTech movement • Cristine Legare - Director, Center for Applied Cognitive Science, University of Texas • Shahar Botzer - Managing Partner, Good Company VC • Adi Altschuler - Social entrepreneur and e

Oct 31