The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

In January 2015, Mitch co-founded the nonprofit Games4Ed with Larry Cocco. Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019. In 2014, Mitch co-founded Edchat Interactive with Tom Whitby and Steve Anderson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

She was a 2015 Top 50 Finalist for the Varkey Global Teacher Prize. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2019

If you go to the “About Us” page on most websites of education technology companies, you will see many white faces, quite a few female ones and a good scattering of South Asian and East Asian staff. Most edtech companies don’t have bank accounts flush with cash earmarked for targeted recruitment services. Why is that?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2020

The National Journalism Education Association named Don as their Broadcast Adviser of the Year 2015. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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How To Learning Company Twitter 448

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2021

Rachael is a member of the ASCD Emerging Leaders Class of 2015, an NAESP Fellow, and currently serves as the principal of Sandy Grade School in the Oregon Trail School District. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

These concerns are only heightened as Chinese investors turn their attention to the United States education technology space acquiring companies with millions of public school users. Net Dragon, a Chinese gaming company that is building a significant education division, bought Edmodo for a combination of cash and equity valued at $137.5

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

With a wealth of leadership experience in the education technology industry, Hedrick will lead the 40-plus-year science company as it continues to grow as a values-aligned Perpetual Purpose Trust dedicated to helping educators build a science literate society. Hedrick is the third CEO in Vernier Science Education’s 40-plus-year history.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2019

For venture-backed education companies, the path to sustainability—and profitability—can be full of difficult twists and turns. Most of the people affected were part of the company’s professional development team, which worked with educators to implement its supplemental curriculum offerings. Oftentimes, change can come at a cost.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. Learn more at www.educatoralexander.com. ” .

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Yet that’s not the case for Hero K12 , which is announcing, rather bluntly, that it is going on a shopping spree to buy education technology companies. based company is BV Investment Partners , which is giving Hero K12 $150 million to spend on making acquisitions. Often these firms will acquire others through their portfolio companies.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Those may be commonly-used metaphors to describe ideal workers at fast-growing tech companies. Any companies that are well-funded enough to have internal human-resources divisions, she believes, should earmark no less than $100,000 to recruit diverse candidates. Companies generally don’t want to share because they feel ashamed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2021

In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of being most influential in the field of education. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

Instead, he co-founded a new AI company, called Merlyn Mind, that is building other types of AI-powered tools for educators. Meanwhile, plenty of companies and education leaders these days are hard at work chasing that dream of building AI tutors. It’s like being a therapist or like being a nurse.” They’re tools. They’re strange tools.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2014

I wish you the very best for 2015 and beyond! Ten Possible Headline for 2015 from Michael Gorman at [link] . Now, did someone tell the filtering companies! I promise some great posts in the year 2015. May the year 2015 be filled with both personal and professional growth, along with satisfaction!

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Common Core Education Study Company 108

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

2015, September 2015). The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. June 21, 2015. Read More ».

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2020

Some of Mark’s accomplishments include serving as President of the Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association, being named Minnesota’s 2015 National Distinguished Principal and coauthoring the book, Principals in Action: Redefining the Role. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. tech firms, including edtech players. billion by 2018.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 19, 2020

In 2015, she began teaching ELA to adults in the care of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men, and the New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2020

She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

He has had the opportunity to share his approach to Computer Science education at ISTE (2015, 2018), FETC (2019, 2020) BIT (2014, 2019), CONNECT (2019, 2020), Schoology NEXT (2018), as well as in interviews with major newspapers (Toronto Star, 2017).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 7, 2019

Frank DeAngelis in episode 466 of the 10-Minute Teacher Frank DeAngelis was principal of Columbine high school in 1999 and remained the principal until 2015 when all of the students who were in PreK at the time of the shooting graduated. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Companies like to talk about their journey in raising money and growing over time, and one waypost for such journeys is to reach the ringing bells of a stock-market debut. heard those bells today, as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange—though the initial price ended up on the low end of expectations.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. Source: Berkery Notes data from 2015 , 2017 and 2018. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company? The company raised an early seed round but could not raise a Series A.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2021

Instructure is officially a publicly-traded company—again. Officials from the company, which makes the Canvas learning-management system used at many colleges and schools, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange today, marking its IPO. They have not been the ‘evil’ company trying to use data to change their strategy.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015. Already boasting 4,000 tutors covering 1,000 subjects, the company is on the hunt for more teachers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Across these products, the Folsom, Calif.-based

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Since its founding in 2015, Swing has worked to improve the experience of being a substitute teacher and made it easier for K-12 schools to grow and manage their substitute teacher pools. We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Mike and the broader team to help grow the business and execute on our joint vision for the company.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2019

A 2015 graduate of Mary Baldwin College with a degree in English with minors in education, coaching & exercise leadership, and history, Amanda went on to receive a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from Louisiana State University in 2018. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Karen was the 2015 Tennessee State Teacher of the Year and I interviewed her at the NNSTOY Conference in DC this summer. She was State Teacher of The Year for 2015. She is the 2015 Tennessee Teacher of the Year. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

With the Every Student Succeeds Act 2015 (ESSA)’s requirements that every student receives a “well-rounded” education, US public schools can again receive funding to help bring art and music back to classrooms! What does the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA 2015) mean for music education in the United States?

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 26, 2015

Here are my top take-aways from the 2015 conference: 1. The 2015 Keynotes included the COO of Makerbot, designers of one of the top 3D printers in schools today. The vendor hall was filled with products and companies supporting and connected with the maker movement. Who wouldn''t want with a company called "Air Squirrels?"

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2020

Entangled, which also invests in other companies, says its portfolio and ownership stakes in others were not part of the deal. The five-year old, Denver-based company connects higher-ed programs with companies that pay some or all of the tuition for their employees to upskill or earn a degree.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production. Money came flowing.

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