Ranan is currently founder and CEO of Better Speech. We discuss his work with Better Speech and his book, Comfort Override: Future-Proof Your Life as AI Flips Your World.

Maura Connor, Chief Operating Officer at Better Speech, explores how rising administrative demands, staffing pressures, and growing student needs are reshaping special education across the United States. She leads Streamline, an AI-powered special education management platform designed to ensure compliance, optimize workflows, and support educators in delivering student outcomes.

Districts nationwide are grappling with increased special education demands amid persistent staff shortages and compliance pressures. At the intersection of technology and student support, Maura Connor, chief operating officer of Better Speech, is leading the launch of Streamline, an AI-powered special education management platform designed to ease administrative burdens and enhance service delivery. In this Q&A, Connor discusses the realistic, responsible ways AI can empower

Perhaps the most inspiring story this week came from Better Speech’s Streamline platform, which is revolutionizing special education through AI-driven resource management. This perfectly illustrates a trend I’ve been tracking: the move from general-purpose AI to highly specialized solutions that solve specific, urgent problems.

Better Speech, the largest online speech therapy provider and developer of Streamline, the leading mission command software for Special Education in the United States, today announced that Streamline was named a winner in the 2025 CODiE Awards for Best Administrative Solution for Special Education.

Former fighter pilot turned edtech innovator Ranan Lachman shares how his mission-driven approach and human-led AI tools are helping schools cut through red tape and refocus on what matters most—student success.

As special education teams across the country face rising caseloads, staffing shortages, and compliance pressure, a new AI-powered platform is stepping in to help. Streamline, created by Better Speech, is the first AI-driven special education management tool that reduces IEP paperwork time from 3 hours to just 10 minutes—freeing educators to focus on students, not documentation.

AI-powered management solution, Streamline recognized among top technology innovations in the Best Administrative Solution for Special Education category.