EdTech

While it’s only in the early development stages, it’s a really useful, software-focused field of study meant to improve classroom learning and education results for students.

Really. It is.

Think: An up-and-coming way to customize a student’s curriculum to match her aptitude by introducing new information to her at a pace she can handle. It focuses heavily on the efficiency of learning, rightly acknowledging the fact that different people learn in different ways and at different paces. Its purposes is to customize the learning experience for the individual; consequently, the teachers’ union has been highly threatened by it, which has contributed to negative press coverage in the past. But hey, teachers only want what's best for their students, right?

Keyword: Shmoop.