About Sproglit

Sproglit is a dynamic new education-technology startup company with an important mission: to help children grow their skills in a fun and exciting learning environment. Our proprietary methods are based on the inventions of Todd Buchholz, former White House economic adviser and winner of Harvard’s annual teaching prize in economics, and on neuropsychology research at Cambridge University.

What We Learn from Taxi Drivers

By |2017-02-21T21:24:36-08:00April 24th, 2013|Categories: Blog|

Children learn by recognizing patterns.  In fact, when they see new patterns, their brains begin to create new neural pathways.  Listen to this fascinating research concerning the London taxi driver, a noble tradition since the first horseless carriage roared past a horse in 1897.  It takes several years for would-be London cabbies to learn the location [...]

Kyle Counts is BETA

By |2017-02-21T21:24:36-08:00February 24th, 2013|Categories: Blog|

Hi Sprogs! We reached our BETA milestone and are intensely testing our game to be released soon.  We are very excited to introduce everyone to Kangaroo Kyle, Croc-E-Dile and all of our other characters that will engage your kids in a math adventure. Feel free to like us on https://www.facebook.com/sproglit and follow us on https://twitter.com/SproglitGames. You can [...]

Helping Vocational Education

By |2017-02-21T21:24:36-08:00December 11th, 2012|Categories: Blog|

Many high schools have phased out vocational education.  It's a shame, especially in an economy where lathe operators and pipe-fitters can earn high salaries.  Vocational education got a bad reputation in the 1960s-1980s as a dumping ground for less-talented students.  A "college-for-everyone" snobbery took over school boards.   Here's Todd Buchholz's commentary from the PBS Nightly Business Report (scroll to minute 24:20 in [...]