Book List: The 2025 Review
A review of the books read during 2025.
Zach Vander Veen
Zach Vander Veen is the cofounder and Chief Innovation Officer at Abre Inc., an education data platform.
He's worn many of the hats in education and as an entrepreneur.
He loves learning, teaching, traveling, and wandering with his family.
A One Percent Solution Towards Uncertainty
I explore some skepticism of Sal Khan's idea of repurposing 1% of companies' profit for job retraining.
Small Projects
This holiday break, I relaxed by building a standing desk. There is a simple joy in moving away from the abstract work of a job and the concrete work with your hands.
WordPress in Schools: A Short Review
From my first 8th grade class blog to powering nearly half the web, WordPress has been a constant companion. In this post, I explore what makes WordPress so versatile, how to get started with it, and why schools can (and should) use it for everything from websites to workflows.
How to Try all the Cool Stuff (A Primer)
How do you try a bunch of open source tools and maintain a degree of sanity? The answer is to use tools like Cloudron.