Good company being destroyed by ISTE merger and new CEO - Manager ASCD Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Outstanding people. Working for education is meaningful.

Cons

I write this review with a heavy heart, because I love ASCD and all that it stands for. We at ASCD have gone through many leadership changes over the years. Things were looking up, but then came the merger with ISTE. The new CEO does not know what he is doing. He has only a surface understanding of ASCD's value, of our authors, and of educators. Also, he definitely doesn't understand how to run a business. We had heard that ISTE was disorganized, but now we know why. It's been more than six months now, and there has been zero information (other than useless cheering) about the future.

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5.0
Dec 1, 2025
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Pros

Flexible, pays well and great benefit

Cons

Little room for growth, raise or promotion

1.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Empowerment and autonomy with great teams to work with

Cons

Executive team does not know how to lead, retain a profitable business, and grow the business. ISTE took over ASCD and essentially burned through all of their profits and ended up letting many employees go as there were no profits

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