I work on the finance side of technology projects for NYC's K-12 education system. How would you leverage/implement/utilize technology to improve education in NYC?
Create an open market place with incentives to individuals who develop systems to efficiently deploy the intended curriculum and let them earn residual income on their improvements.
Oh, and find a way to let the kids start later in the day (9:30), and you will see a near universal improvement in test scores and decreases in obesity and depression. Yep, you will. Find a way to appease the "sports teams" who will demand you need to play football after school, the bus departments and parents who like the baby sitting in the AM. This is most likely the highest leverage opportunity in US public education. Simply time shifting the school day about 2 hours for middle and high school kids.
Oh, and find a way to let the kids start later in the day (9:30), and you will see a near universal improvement in test scores and decreases in obesity and depression. Yep, you will. Find a way to appease the "sports teams" who will demand you need to play football after school, the bus departments and parents who like the baby sitting in the AM. This is most likely the highest leverage opportunity in US public education. Simply time shifting the school day about 2 hours for middle and high school kids.
Oh, and give me a call.