OKAY GUYS AND EDUCATION TECH
COMPANY IS CREATING COURSES TO
TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE
TOUGH ISSUES EVER FI COVERING
TOPICS LIKE BLACK HISTORY RACE
RELATIONS INCLUSION
AND MORE JOINING US NOW IS TOM
DAVIDSON WHO IS THE CEO OF EVER
FI TOM GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON
THE SHOW WITH US TODAY HELP US
BREAK THIS DOWN HOW IS THE
PANDEMIC AND RAPID SHIFT TO
ONLINE LEARNING IMPACTED YOUR
COMPANY.
>> WELL IT'S BEEN QUITE A
MONTHS I THINK IT'S PRESENTED A
CHANCE FOR US TO BE VERY NIMBLE
AND HAVE TO REACT
TO MOVING 41 MILLION YOU KNOW
LEARNERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
OUR SYSTEM
FULLY ONLINE. I THINK THE
SECOND THING PRESENT AN
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THEIR
SPIN THIS. EXTRAORDINARY
MISSING LAYER OF EDUCATION
THAT'S EXISTED IN ART,
12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN OUR
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS
WELL AS
THE WORKPLACE. STUDENTS
EVERYTHING FROM FINANCIAL
LITERACY COLLEGE READINESS, HOW
INSURANCE WORKS HOW THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM WORKS. IT'S REALLY
CRAZY THAT
WE DON'T TEACH THIS STUFF AND
SCHOOLS AND I THINK WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC HITS.
IT REALLY JUST SHINES A BIG
LIFE THAT WE NEED SO THAT CAP.
>> YOU CAN NOW IT'S THE
100 MILLION DOLLAR FUND AROUND
TO FUND YOUR MISSION RATHER.
SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY WILL THAT
GO TOWARDS THAT EVER FIND.
>> SO WE REALLY LOOK DOWN ON
THE NEXT 3 YEARS OF OUR PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT CYCLE AND WE'RE
TRYING TO TELL OH YEAH YOU'LL
NEVER SEE S BILL THAT BIOLOGY
CLASS OR A CHEMISTRY CLASS WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO
DO IS THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES
THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE
SCHOOL DAY. SO IF YOU THINK
ABOUT TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT A
CULTURE OF SAVINGS HOW TO BUILD
WELLS
HOW TO OUR MORTGAGE WORKS HOW
THEY TEAR DOWN THEIR CREDIT
THEY BUILD IT BACK UP HOW THEY
SELL OUT SASA FOR
MORE NAVIGATE THE FOOD IN
SECURITY ISSUES THAT AFFECT SO
MANY FAMILIES AND ARE GETTING
WORSE RIGHT NOW WE BUILD
OUT THESE REALLY SOPHISTICATED
LEARNING GOING ALMOST 40,000
SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
MOSTLY TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND
VERY HIGH POVERTY AREAS.
AND THAT'S ALL PAID FOR BY THE
PRIVATE SECTOR SO IT SAYS NO
COSTA SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WHICH TORN AT A TIME
WHEN IT REALLY HAMMERED BY THE
COMING BUDGET CYCLES THIS
BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC.
>> YOU KNOW AS WE MENTIONED IT
ON THE WAY INTO OUR DISCUSSION
HERE HOW HAVE YOU SEEN
EDUCATION SURROUNDING THINGS
LIKE SOCIAL ISSUES, RACE
RELATIONS AND INJUSTICE FRANKLY
AS WELL CHANGE IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS A CROSS CURRICULUMS.
>> SO I THINK EVERYONE REALIZES
THIS IS A STORY THAT'S BEEN
SLAM AND IT AND NOT AQUA
TO BELIEVE DISTRIBUTED ITS
BALSAM IN TERMS
OF THE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THE
ACCESS TO THE LATEST AND
GREATEST SOFTWARE THAT IF YOU
HAPPEN TO LIVE IN A CITY, YOU
KNOW DINNER OR AND GIVE US A
CODE WHERE THERE'S A HIGH TAX
BASE, LOTS OF PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS AROUND YOU THAT CAN
FUND IT YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE. IF YOU ARE BORN INTO IT
DISTRICT ARE LIVE IN A SCHOOL
DISTRICT IT DOESN'T HAVE THOSE
KIND OF RESOURCES AS WE CALL
YOU DON'T HAVE IT SO WE BUILT 7
YEARS
AGO ONE THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY PLATFORMS TO
REALLY TALK ABOUT JUST
BEAUTIFUL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE
DIASPORA. WE THINK STUDENTS
GETTING A SENSE OF COMPASSION.
YEAH WE TEAMED WITH JEFF
FLEENER FROM LINKED IN THE
BUILDING. REALLY POWERFUL
COURSE AROUND TEACHING KIDS
COMPASSION AND GO NEW AREAS
THAT
WERE OF AND NOW IT'S ON ONLINE
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTI
DEFAMATION LEAGUE. ANOTHER SO
WHY WE NEED THIS STUFF IN
SCHOOLS THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S
JUST NO NOT A LOT OF DOUGH
TO TO PAY FOR IT TO YOU HAVE TO
CREATE A 3RD PARTY PAYER SYSTEM
TO REALLY FINANCE THAT FOR
SCHOOLS THAT
CAN AFFORD.
>> I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT AND VERY WELL DONE BY
YOU AND THE TEAM AT EVER FIGHT
TO BRING THAT INTO THE FOLD OF
TEACHINGS AND RICKY LAMB,
HOWEVER, YOU DO STILL HAVE
OTHER FIGURES THAT ARE OUT
THERE BY PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
SAYING ON A NATIONAL VICE
PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE STAGE. AND GOING UP
AGAINST THIS THOUGHTS THAT
AMERICA'S AND PARENTS THE
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ALLEGING
THAT THERE IS LEFT WING
INDOCTRINATION IN SCHOOLS
CALLING FOR MORE PRO AMERICAN
HISTORY. WHAT IS THE RISK OF
THAT SORT OF MENTALITY IN
EDUCATION WHERE YOU'RE NOT
EXPOSING. THE FULL STORY OF
WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.
>> THE
FORMER UP PETITION, I TO SPEAK
FOR OTHER POLITICIANS AND WHAT
I WILL TELL YOU IS IT'S
CRITICAL
THAT WE. THAT WE TAKE ON THESE
ISSUES AT A VERY YOUNG AGE
COMPASSION CAN BE TAUGHT.
>> I MEAN YOUR
SON'S BACK HER SOMEONE'S BACK
ALONG THE WAY CAN BE TAUGHT.
>> AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT CAN BE PUT INTO
SCHOOLS AND AND NOT IT'S REALLY
IMPLEMENTED ON A REALLY LARGE
SCALE BECAUSE WHAT I'LL TELL
YOU IS THIS GOVERNORS COME AND
GO MAYORS COME AND GO
PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS
COMING
BUT OUR SCHOOLS STAY THERE ON
EVERY SINGLE CORNER IN AMERICA
NEED TO HAVE THEIR BACKS AND WE
MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S NOT.
>> IN IT AND WE CAN PROVIDE US
SOME
IN DURING.
>> YOU KNOW AS A FORMER
POLITICIAN I MUST ASK YOU THEN
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR
FROM TODAY'S PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES. ON THE TOPIC
OF EDUCATION AT A WHOLE AND
CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE LEARNING FROM
HOME REMOTELY RIGHT NOW
SOME OF THEM ASKING VERY MUCH
TO GET BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS
BUT
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S NOT
SAFE AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND
CLEARLY THEY'RE NEEDING TO BE A
STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD
AROUND THE WAY THAT WE THINK
ABOUT EDUCATION AND THE WAY
IT'S PRESENTED.
>> WELL IT SURE WOULD BE NICE
TO HEAR SOMETHING I THINK I'VE
BEEN SURPRISED IN THE
LAST COUPLE THAT OR TO THE LAST
DEBATE THAT WE HAD THAT
THERE WASN'T AND BY MY
RECOLLECTION, ONE MENTION
OF EDUCATION WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT A PART OF THE
BAY I WANT TO YOU KNOW AS IT
EFFECTS A STIMULUS YOU KNOW
AND THAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO
GET THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO
OPEN SAFELY BECAUSE
AND WHAT WE FORGET IS SCHOOLS
ARE THE DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR
HEALTH CARE THEIR DELIVERY
MECHANISM FOR MEDICINE IN SOME
CASES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
THERE TO DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR
FOOD. FOR SO MANY STUDENTS
SO THEY GOT TO OPEN UP, BUT WE
GOT TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES
DO IT SAFELY WHICH BY THE WAY
IS WHY NO ONE SHOULD BE
PAYING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FOR
CURRICULUM THAT'S WHERE THE
PRIVATE SECTOR NEEDS TO STAY
BIN AND FUND THESE THINGS THAT