Ben Wallerstein
New Market Thoughts
Dec 19, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/19
In today's ever-changing world of education and workforce development, technology is increasingly shaping the opportunities available to students, schools, and employers. From online talent marketplaces and cutting-edge edtech tools to personalized support systems and updated regulations, these changes reflect a shared effort to make education more transparent, results-focused, and centered around the learner.
Dec 12, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/12
In today's rapidly evolving workforce Industry, traditional pathways into employment are facing unprecedented challenges, from eroding entry-level opportunities to shifting perceptions of higher education's value. As AI continues to transform skill requirements and job roles, innovative approaches (such as portfolio-based work-based learning, skills-first strategies, and streamlined educational systems) are emerging as vital solutions to bridge gaps and foster economic mobility.
Dec 5, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/05
In this week's News Roundup, the articles featured highlight how the traditional pathways from education to career are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. From the widening gap between high school graduation and workforce readiness to the diminishing returns of a college degree, stakeholders across the education and employment sectors are rethinking how we prepare young people for success.
For more than two decades, Ben has advised the most transformative companies and investors in education, health, and wellness on complex policy challenges and communications strategy. Ben is a frequent commentator on the intersection of policy and innovation, and Whiteboard Advisors’ research and commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, TechCrunch, EdSurge, VentureBeat, and The Huffington Post, among others.
An active education investor, Ben serves as a Senior Advisor to New Markets Venture Partners. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for Rethink Education and the investment committee for the Jefferson Education Fund, which was founded by the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education Foundation.
Ben serves on the Boards of Blyth-Templeton Academy and the American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation and on the B Lab education standards working group.
He particularly enjoys advising early stage entrepreneurs, and has served as a judge for the Milken PENN Education Business Plan Competition, the 1776 Challenge Cup, and the Yale School of Management Business Plan Competition. In 2014, Ben curated “Three Minutes to Launch,” for the New York Times Schools of Tomorrow Summit.
Ben began his career as an aide to former Xerox CEO, David Kearns.
The product of public schools in Norwalk, CT, Ben is committed to issues of equity and access in public education. He attended the University of Richmond and received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University, where he was an editor of the Law Review.
