Monthly Archives: March 2009

Dave Schappell on Hacking Education

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Dave

March 25th, 2009 — New York, NY — Business and finance news source “The Deal” recently sat down with TeachStreet’s Founder and CEO, Dave Schappell, who was in Manhattan for the “Hacking Education Conference” put on by Union Square Ventures. … Continue reading →

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Learn Math Fast and Easy with LazyMaths

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Dave

One of the joys of working at TeachStreet is getting to meet incredibly interesting people who are passionate about teaching people new things that they love.  An excellent of example of that was a few weeks ago, when I met … Continue reading →

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Recap: Bay Area Teacher Meetups (3/11 – 3/14)

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Dave

The TeachStreet community team recently visited the Bay Area to host several meetups for our members and their guests.  It was exhilarating to meet and have conversations with over 60 great teachers and instructors on TeachStreet. If you missed the … Continue reading →

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TeachStreet Seattle Intern Search Starts Today!

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Joseph

Don’t these folks look happy? They’re our current interns (Amanda, Annie and Gracie), and they just LOVE working for us. If you’d like to join our team this spring and/or summer, check out our job posting for full details about … Continue reading →

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TeachStreet Provides Stimulus Package for Local Instructors

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dave

From Rodeo drive to Wall Street just about every car maker, retailer, restaurant owner, and taxi cab driver has been affected by the economy. But there’s one thing people can always do no matter how far the NASDAQ dips: learn. … Continue reading →

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Recap: Dance to the Beat with TeachStreet's Hip Hop Workshop

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Joseph

From salsa dancing to hip hop, we try our best to provide fun workshops for our community to learn new things. We were able to put together a Hip Hop Workshop last Saturday, where students were able to get an … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Bay Area Music Teachers

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Lily

Whether you enjoy making music or just listening to it, it’s one of life’s major staples.  Music has been around for arguably longer than religion; that’s thousands of years!  Some folks even link learning music to higher intelligence.  I won’t … Continue reading →

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Teacher Survey Results!

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Dave

Last month we conducted the first official TeachStreet customer survey. We had an awesome response – over 250 people diligently completed all 25 questions! We learned a lot from the survey – and are excited to share the highlights – … Continue reading →

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Contest Winning Articles

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Dave

We held our “Tell Us What You Know” contest in February, encouraging TeachStreeters to write articles about topics of their choice. And of our many stellar submissions, which ran the gamut from cooking tutorials to tricks on how to draw, … Continue reading →

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Browsing Around — Discover Classes and Articles on TeachStreet

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Dave

Whether you’re a seasoned gourmet cook or an aspiring yogi, there are hundreds of articles across hundreds of topics on TeachStreet. And though we’ve always had thousands of local instructors, with the new articles that’ve been published, there’s now more … Continue reading →

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