An Interview with LEGO Education President Esben Staerk Jørgensen

Getting to visit the Home of LEGO was more than just sitting and listening to LEGO Education. As part of the visit, LEGO Ed granted me the opportunity to speak with Esben Staerk Jørgensen, the President of LEGO Education. Sitting down with him, at the end of a long day for both of us, was the kind of pleasure you usually don’t expect from senior-level executives at international corporations.

How LEGO Education Works with Low Income Districts

As a former teacher, friend of teachers, and “reporter,” I can’t sit at a table and not ask the extremely important question, “How do you reconcile the high cost of the LEGO Education sets with the mission to reach as many children as possible?”

Let’s be straight here, I love LEGO Education, but the schools most in need of the tools are often those who cannot afford them. My upper-middle-class school district could easily afford one or more of each set. However, not five minutes up the road from where I live, the urban district whose kids could benefit even more than ours, would be unable to buy a single set for an individual school.