Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. K-12 edtech companies, with $741 million coming in 2015 alone. ( Education companies have been hit, too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 These tools offer real-time data that educators can use to inform their instruction. Of that figure, about $12.3

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, many educational markets are shaped by public policy. For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). Two key factors drive this complexity.

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