Matthew Kennard is CEO of BetterLesson, which has grown from a free lesson plan provider into a professional learning company and, in his words, a partner for the leaders of teaching and learning at the district and state level.
He was appointed CEO of BetterLesson in February 2021. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Operations at LearnZillion, and held finance and strategy roles at iHeartMedia, Rackspace and Investcorp Technology Partners. He is a graduate of Yale University.
Matt’s focus is helping leaders make every student postsecondary ready, whether enrolled, enlisted or employed, while tying every dollar spent to student outcomes. He sees AI as a way to give educators faster insight, from classroom observation data such as student talk time and wait time to trends across a district, while keeping people at the center. As he puts it, “teaching will always be a people business.
