Laura Overdeck

[2] Overdeck is the producer of the movie "Rule Breakers," the inspiring story of the first all-girls robotics team in Afghanistan.

[10] She also holds a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School, and an honorary doctorate in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

[17] Subsequently, the Bedtime Math team created an app version of the offering; University of Chicago researchers found that app usage increased children's math skills by an extra three months in one school year, publishing the results in Science.

[18] Overdeck has published opinion pieces on children's math education in TIME Magazine, Huffington Post, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, and Quartz.

[24] She also serves on the advisory boards of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and Khan Academy[citation needed].

[32] The Overdecks’ education philanthropy focuses on four key issue areas: “early impact,” “exceptional educators,” “innovative schools,” and “inspired minds.” [31] They have made gifts to Robin Hood Foundation for work by MDRC to study the long-term effects of various early childhood programs.

[31] Other grantees have included the NJ STEM Teaching Fellowship, and Governor's School for the Sciences at Drew University in New Jersey.