More than half a million students call Los Angeles Unified School District home. Sophia Mendoza has called the district home since she was a child and has spent the past 25 years giving back to the institution that gave so much to her.
She became director of LA Unified’s instructional technology initiative in 2015 and helped restructure the department’s digital transformation approach to make pedagogy central to classroom technology. She continues to make her mark while overseeing a team of 30 coaches who support more than 25,000 teachers.
Mendoza spoke to EdTech about internet connectivity,…