Human Centered Design
Technology should adapt to educators, not the other way around. We design Babbage to align with the real rhythm of classrooms and the lived experiences of students, educators, and caregivers.
What We Stand For
Our Core Values
The principles that guide everything we build at Babbage Education
Babbage core values
Partnership With Educators
Teachers are co-designers of Babbage. Their input shapes every workflow and every feature.
Transparency and Trust
Special education requires clarity and accountability. We help schools create predictable, reliable, and visible support for students and families.
Equity Through Access
Every student deserves consistent, reliable accommodations. Babbage helps districts deliver on their commitment to equitable learning.
Responsible Use of AI
AI is used carefully, safely, and with educator judgment at the center. We focus on responsible design that enhances, not replaces, human decision making.
Community Driven Innovation
Our product evolves through continuous educator and caregiver feedback. Every improvement starts with real use cases.
Reliability and Compliance
Babbage is built to support federal and state requirements through stable, secure, and accurate documentation.
Commitment to Long Term Impact
We aim to elevate special education support nationwide through thoughtful scaling and community informed development.
Our Story
About Us
At Babbage Education, we believe that a special education compliance tool should be built with the people who rely on it every day. This means listening to teachers, students, caregivers, administrators, and district leaders. From the beginning, our work has been shaped by real classroom experiences, continuous feedback, and a commitment to co-design with the communities we serve.
Babbage Education was founded by Stephen Romanoff, Jakub Maly, and Joe Paneitz. Joe is an award-winning special education teacher from the Houston area, and many educators told us that existing systems interrupt teaching and require too many steps. We designed Babbage to solve that problem by making workflows fast, intuitive, and aligned with the natural rhythm of a classroom, while also giving districts real time view of compliance metrics.
Over the next year, we will expand this collaborative model through relationships in Texas and North Carolina. Each district will have designated teacher partners who meet with our team every month to share their experiences, highlight challenges, and recommend improvements. This keeps updates grounded in real classroom routines. Administrators will join structured sessions to refine dashboards, reporting structures, and oversight tools to ensure Babbage supports existing district workflows.
Families will also play an important role. Through surveys and small interviews, we will learn how caregivers prefer to receive updates and what information helps them feel confident that their children are supported. Their feedback will guide upcoming caregiver summaries and communication tools. We will continue working with advocacy groups and family engagement teams so that caregiver voices remain part of our development process.
Our goal is to build a system shaped by teachers, trusted by families, and supportive of students who rely on accommodations to succeed.
Babbage reduces burden, increases clarity, and strengthens the entire compliance process by keeping educators and caregivers at the center of our design philosophy.
Our Metrics
How We Measure Success
Success is defined and measured by whether schools can document accommodations more accurately, more consistently, and with less burden on teachers. We focus on clear indicators that reflect real classroom impact and district level improvements in IDEA compliance.
Teacher Workflow Improvement
We measure the average time required to log accommodations and compare it to each district's current process. Our target is a reduction of at least 40 percent, showing that our interface and voice entry tools are removing friction from daily practice.
Accommodation Completion Accuracy
Babbage tracks the percentage of required accommodations that are logged and verified in real time. When students' accommodations are met 80% of the time, they measure toe to toe with their peers in the classroom.
Administrator Visibility
District and school leaders often lack a clear picture of accommodation delivery. Our goal is active weekly dashboard use and a noticeable decrease in missing or incomplete documentation.
Educator Satisfaction
Through interviews and surveys, we assess whether teachers and case managers feel that Babbage makes compliance easier. We consider ourselves successful when at least 80 percent of participating educators report a positive experience.
Caregiver Confidence
Families often worry about whether accommodations are provided consistently. As we introduce caregiver-facing summaries, growing confidence from caregivers will show that communication around student support is improving.
Together, these measures give us a balanced view of student access, teacher workload, administrative clarity, and family trust. When we meet these targets, we will know that Babbage Education is delivering real value to the communities we serve and building a strong foundation for long term district partnerships.
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