Troy Gunawardene

Troy Gunawardene

Cofounder and Director at GradeScout

GradeScout Wins $3,000 From Northeastern University Entrepreneurs Club

GradeScout Wins $3,000 From Northeastern University Entrepreneurs Club

Since early this fall, one of our cofounders, Troy Gunawardene, has been working towards representing GradeScout at Northeastern University's Husky Startup Challenge (HSC) — a competition where $10,000 in obligation-free seed funding are distributed to the highest-potential startup competitors. The HSC program begins with weekly workshops featuring guest

Modern EdTech is broken.

The Fundamental Problem with K-12 EdTech

The standards of technology change, yet many avenues of EdTech remain stagnant. GradeScout wants to step in.

Congratulating Our Recent Graduates

Congratulating Our Recent Graduates

With the 2023-2024 school year having drawn to a close, we would like to take a moment to congratulate our former seniors who have now graduated. The following team members have graduated this summer: * Sai Voruganti, Cofounder - attending Princeton University * Troy Gunawardene, Cofounder - attending Northeastern University * Naishadh Patel,

How to Get Involved with GradeScout

Every once in a while, someone asks us how to join GradeScout's team. At the bottom of the GradeScout website as well as in our Discord server, there are links to the application form(s), but these are often not noticed. In this article, we will explain how

An Overview of Our Efforts to Have GradeScout Unblocked in Edison

An Overview of Our Efforts to Have GradeScout Unblocked in Edison

Edison users will be familiar with this story. On the morning of January 30th, 2023, after experiencing consistent record highs of user counts on a daily basis for weeks on end, GradeScout was unfortunately blocked on all Edison district devices and networks. There was an immediate reaction across Edison'

How to Back Up your Assignment Data from Genesis

As you likely already know, Genesis does not show you specific assignment info/grades from past years. If you want to save this information, follow these instructions! 1. Open the "Gradebook" tab after logging into Genesis 2. Within the Gradebook tab, open the "List Assignments" tab

Get Ready for GradeScout 2.0!

GradeScout's first school year is coming to a close, but development is picking up pace. We've learned a lot from GradeScout's successes and shortcomings this year, and we're rewriting the entire app from top to bottom this summer. The new GradeScout will