Clarity Innovations, Inc.

Clarity Innovations is a trusted group of K-12 education industry veterans that provides education strategy, content, engineering, and design solutions. Every so often, we ask our team to reflect on a question that's top of mind for the industry.

It's amazing how many kinds of challenges we solved for clients this year.We have decades of wisdom solving these and dozens of other common obstacles to improving the process and practice of teaching and learning with technology. Contact us to learn how we can help.

Congratulations to Adam Seipel for earning the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) certification: Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)!

Here's the pattern: A platform launches successfully. Educators love it. Adoption grows. Then everything slows down. More time is spent maintaining legacy code instead of building what customers need. The challenge is the technical debt that accumulates over time. Learn more: buff.ly/n0NAwx1

At the #PDXedTech sponsored meetup about sales in education.

Understanding your market goes beyond knowing who buys your product. It's about understanding who influences its success once it's implemented in schools. Our expanded market personas include critical roles that shape how edtech products are actually used: buff.ly/kqEwVR8

Clarity Innovations is a trusted group of K-12 education industry veterans that provides education strategy, content, engineering, and design solutions. Every so often, we ask our team to reflect on a question that's top of mind for the industry.

Your outsourced product development seemed like the right move at the time. The reality is the cost savings disappeared between the third downtime incident and the latest security audit finding. We've learned that the technical debt is just the tip of the iceberg. Let's talk: buff.ly/zEx0cCL

When students make, they think. When they solve real problems, they grow. That’s why we help design learning experiences that do both. From STEM kits to real-world design challenges, we help clients bring maker-centered learning experiences to life. Explore: www.clarity-innovations.com/portfolio

Your platform should enable growth, not limit it. The right foundation doesn't just save money—it creates possibilities. While others have chased the latest technology trends rebuilding their platform each time, we've helped clients create experiences that evolve and improve. Read buff.ly/QCe32eu

👋 Meet Jonathan Maier, Client Lead & Producer! His 25+ years of experience in creating educational & entertainment for children is invaluable as he works on high-level strategy, product development best practices, identifying market opportunities. Read more: www.clarity-innovations.com/team/jmaier

Thor Prichard will be at the EdWeek Market Brief Summit November 3-5. The event explores critical insights into district challenges, evolving spending trends, and effective sales and marketing strategies for engaging K-12 leaders. If you're attending, set up a time to chat with Thor: buff.ly/3UDhWmj

Clarity Innovations’ Steve Burt will be attending the Educause conference October 27–30 to connect with clients, explore ways we can restore trust in higher education through AI implementation, digital transformation, and collaborative leadership. Let’s connect! www.linkedin.com/in/steve-burt/

That "quick fix" you shipped last quarter may be costing more than time saved.Technical debt isn't just about bad code—it's about the strategic decisions that seemed smart under pressure but are now strangling your platform's growth and budget. Read more: www.clarity-innovations.com/blog/strateg...

Client Lead & Producer Jeff Ong and Software Engineer Simone Wood will be co-presenting at the PNW Drupal Summit. They'll be talking about "H5Ps & Drupal: Interactive Educational Content." For more information visit: pnwdrupalsummit.org/sessions/h5p...

"We used the same content, the same activities—what went wrong?" We've learned that effective online learning isn't about moving in-person content to screens—it requires fundamentally different design principles. Read: buff.ly/h2fH0zj

👋 Meet Emily Russo, Client Lead & Producer! Drawing from her background as a educator, she understands successful educational technology integration requires intentional design, agency, and commitment to authentic learning outcomes. Read more about Emily: www.clarity-innovations.com/team/erusso

A Day in the Life of an Instructional Coach Instructional coaches require materials that are ready-to-use and deeply embedded within instructional strategies. This support makes it easier for instructional coaches to train educators more…

Instructional coaches play a pivotal role in driving adoption and effective use of educational technology. Understand their daily challenges and how they support educators and decision makers, to better align your solutions with real classroom needs.
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From FERPA to SAML to WCAG, today's implementation landscape is full of acronyms that can quietly derail even the most promising edtech rollout. If you're wondering about your technical readiness, we're here to help you dig deepe clarity-innovations.com/contact

Professional learning | Clarity Innovations, Inc. Professional learning encompasses ongoing training, workshops, and collaborative activities designed to continually develop educators’ skills and knowledge. We blog about the best practices we use to…

Professional learning that actually changes classroom practice is hard to achieve at scale. We design professional learning experiences that stick—from onboarding that models effective use to post-sale support that adapts to educator needs: clarity-innovations.com/blog/category/professional-learning

Struggling with customer renewals? Consider how your product addresses digital pedagogy. The products that become essential to educators don't just digitize content. They enable new ways of teaching and learning that weren't feasible without it: clarity-innovations.com/blog/category/digital-pedagogy

September means back-to-school energy and fresh conversations about what's working in edtech. We're heading to the HolonIQ Back to School Summit next week to connect with edtech companies tackling real implementation challenges. Attending? Let's chat: buff.ly/3uAiHDy

When students make, they think. When they solve real problems, they grow. That’s why we help design learning experiences that do both. From STEM kits to real-world design challenges, we help clients bring maker-centered learning to life. Check out our portfolio: clarity-innovations.com/portfolio

We're not just engineers-we're educators.

Your product team might have brilliant technologists, but do they understand the constraints of a 30-minute class period? The cognitive load of managing 25 different learners? The reality of unreliable internet and aging devices? These are the foundation of products that educators actually adopt.

GenAI is everywhere in education right now. But here's what we're seeing: Decision-makers are starting to ask about pedagogy. The companies thriving in this space understand that genAI is a tool, not a destination. The goal remains the same: improve the process and practice of teaching and learning.

Understanding who makes purchasing decisions in education isn't just helpful, it's essential for your success. Different roles have different priorities, timelines, and challenges. We've developed detailed profiles for each role: clarity-innovations.com/news/education-market-personas

Shiny technology doesn't make for great education all by itself. The companies that succeed long-term invest in sales enablement that translates a solution's capabilities into educational value: clarity-innovations.com/blog/sales-enablement-support-long-term-educational-value

Understanding your market goes beyond knowing who buys your product. It's about understanding who uses your product after the sale. These personas represent who determines whether your product becomes essential to daily instruction or not: clarity-innovations.com/news/education-market-personas

We can assess your technical architecture, data model design, source code quality and sustainability, data privacy compliance, and accessibility, and provide actionable recommendations. Check out the kinds of questions we ask: clarity-innovations.com/blog/two-years-later-your-mvp-really-still-viable