Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

According to Common Sense, between 2015 and 2019, screen use among teenagers (ages 13 to 18) increased by 11 percent. Enter the pandemic, which led to canceled club meetings and sporting events, online learning and restricted socialization. TikTok wasn’t as big a platform in 2019, and it wasn’t even a thing in 2015.”

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Social Media Survey Report Facebook 182

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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LMS Moodle Blackboard Company 133

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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Company EdTech Industry Data 87

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

LinkedIn has temporarily delayed planned changes to Lynda.com, a popular education-video library the company bought in 2015 for $1.5 In a July statement to LinkedIn, the American Library Association said the proposed change would “would significantly impair library users’ privacy rights,” and called on the company to change the plan.

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lynda.com Libraries Company Video 163

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

public school students in 2015, and that number is expected to rise. Venture-backed companies tend to have a 7-10 year timeframe, after which investors typically push toward an acquisition or exit. As the U.S. shifts toward becoming a minority-majority country , the population of English language learners has also grown.

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Meeting EdTech Exercises Conference 111

Neo LMS

MAY 30, 2019

Using a principle called Starting Strong , in 2015 the government decreed that while non-compulsory pre-primary education (6 years) would have a basic curriculum (designed and issued by national government), as well as policies and standards monitored and managed by local municipalities. Student involvement and game-based learning.

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EdTech PLE Game-Based Learning Education 258

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

They say you should never meet your idols, because they’ll probably disappoint you. The company makes no guarantee that your shoddy backhand will improve after taking a course led by tennis sensation Serena Williams, or that you’ll make palatable risotto after watching Wolfgang Puck. But what about learning from them?

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Company Learning Course Report 127

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2021

Going after an industry giant in K-12 college and career planning wasn’t what Katie Fang originally had in mind when she started SchooLinks in 2015. For counselors, there are application management trackers, a communication dashboard, course planners and other administrative tools for meeting state reporting compliance requirements.

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Blackboard Company Industry System 149

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Instructure is currently a public company, and its leaders say a move to private ownership will allow it to invest more in its software and potentially make more acquisitions.

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LMS Company Software Blackboard 144

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. In a way, it makes sense. Below is our story.

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EdTech Sony Company Course 90

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

At the K-12 level, there’s been a push to create more flexibility in the school day for “immersive experiences,” like internships and hands-on projects, from players such as XQ Institute, the nonprofit supported by Emerson Collective that since 2015 has poured millions of dollars into efforts across the country to “rethink high school.”

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Classroom Learning Company Assessment 212

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2019

As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers.

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Training Broadband Company Education 117

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

Come and meet up with the edWeb team at ISTE in Philadelphia next week. At ISTE 2015, Common Sense Education will provide a sneak preview of the latest version of Graphite, designed to help educators learn fundamental edtech teaching skills. Connect with CDW*G during ISTE 2015. Below are a few offers from our partners.

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OER iPad EdTech Twitter 40

ProfHacker

JUNE 1, 2015

Best Summer Books 2015 ( Publishers Weekly ). Now for (at least part of) my own list: Unbecoming (Rebecca Sherm) A staff recommendation from Shakespeare & Company (A side note: Wolf Winter was also one of their recs). 10 Essential Books for a Thought-Provoking Summer Reading ( The Atlantic ). The Familiar (Mark Z.

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Company Meeting 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Moscow internet services company Yandex participated. Founded in 2015, MEL Science has raised a total of $12 million to date. After that, the company charges $34.90 Those lessons mostly cover chemistry today, but the company is building more content for physics and biology students, Philippov says.

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STEM Company Software Report 141

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

Image credit: whitealliesintraining.com/2015/10/05/big-idea-change-narrative/ In today's engaging, digitally empowered school setting, questions arise as to whether schools are best suited for educating their learners. An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories.

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Mobility Company Strategy Data 276

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

note : This year the editors selected ten stories we believe either highlighted an important issue in 2015 and/or signaled the beginning of an escalating trend or issue for 2016 (look for No. As an educator, how do you know who to trust when it comes to meeting your district’s technology needs?

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LMS Trends Software Company 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The sweepstakes grand prize included a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to Los Angeles with a guest to meet Katy Perry. I’ve been honored to work with Staples since 2015 to support their back to school initiatives. I like to work with companies who support teachers. 13, 2016, in Los Angeles.

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Classroom Company Twitter Meeting 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

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Company Video Broadband Report 89

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In December 2015, I found myself toiling away on a fifth grade figurative language lesson in a unique place—a local tech meetup called Code For Vegas. I researched different management structures, such as Holacracy, and read about successful team cultures at companies like Netflix and MorningStar. It was fun, meaningful work.

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Classroom Company Blended Learning Assessment 142

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

News Best Colleges rankings from 1995 to 2015, university inflation has grown at profound rates. Government can garnish wages and withhold tax refunds to meet student loan debt requirements. *If Many companies now offer tuition assistance to full and part time students. Company Education Programs. According to U.S.

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Company Study Resources Accessibility 222

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Her books and resources are used around the world: THE WRITING STRATEGIES BOOK (2017) and THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK (1st edition) (2015) have been translated into French, Chinese, and Spanish. How is that going to meet the needs of every kid in my class? You need different strategies to meet kids where they are.

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Strategy How To Adobe Groups 421

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Stride Inc.,

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 121

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 162

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

It’s a trilogy in the making, and for 2U’s third chapter, the online program management company wants in on bootcamps. That was the focus of the company for its first nine years—or “chapter one,” as Paucek described in a conference call with investors on Monday morning. The two companies officially signed the deal at 6 p.m.

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Company Education MOOC Conference 108

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 148

edWeb.net

JUNE 6, 2023

For edtech providers of any size, LearnPlatform also offers subscription-based research services to meet ESSA compliance and build evidence-based interventions that empower districts and states to buy and use their products to drive student outcomes. Blog post by Stacey Pusey , based on this edLeader Panel.

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EdTech Data Outcomes Analysis 76

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Both companies trace their lineage to top-pedigree universities: Carnegie grew out of research on computer-based instructional systems started by Carnegie Mellon researchers. Carnegie Learning spun out as an independent company in 1998. After it became an independent company in 2014, Harel raised another $3.5

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Learning Company Training Course 95

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2020

Carlson and Brittany Stich started Guild in 2015 to help working adults, particularly those without a high school diploma, gain education through tuition benefits from their employer. Today more than 3 million employees are eligible for Guild programs through their employers, including those at Walmart, Chipotle and the Walt Disney Company.

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Company Exercises Strategy Training 140

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOOKR Class is designed to meet 21 st Century educational strategies promoted by top child development experts and educational leaders through an unprecedented combination of multimedia features designed to supplement traditional lessons,” said Horvath.

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Classroom Education Learning eBook 98

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Read a full recap of our fall 2015 League of Innovative Schools meeting. Students in Utica Community Schools have access to apprenticeship and internship opportunities with local automotive and defense companies. Sara Schapiro ( @sschappy ) is the Director of the League of Innovative Schools.

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Learning Common Core Meeting STEM 120

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

Since launching in 2015, the New York-based startup has partnered with 21 universities to offer its programs and student coaching services. CEO and founder Dan Sommer says with the added funds, his company will be looking at growing its offerings to nearly 10 programs in subject areas like user experience and design.

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Training Company Education Course 118

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. education technology companies each year for the past three years. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. billion in 2010.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 157

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. The previous year, 2015, set a record for education technology investments with over $3.1

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EdTech Edmentum Industry Company 125

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. Yet a 2015 report by Universities Canada found that less than half of Canadian universities have a strategy to adopt digital technologies. Traditional universities will find themselves obsolete, unless they adapt.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 14, 2015

Finally, we all met in the library for an official meeting to look at the data on the survey. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) April 13, 2015. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) April 13, 2015. We wanted there to be voices from every grade level on the survey. They made a list of 11 kinds of books. There were lots of ideas.

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