Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital. Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that owns a controlling stake in Lego, acquired the video animation company BrainPOP for $875 million. The deal was announced Tuesday.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

APRIL 11, 2024

“Bestie” Awards recognize outstanding effort and accomplishments in EdTech Scribbles Software, a leading provider of K-12 software solutions for document management, records processing, enrollment, and lottery management, was named Education/EdTech Company of the Year in the inaugural Best in Education Keep Reading Scribbles Software Named Education/EdTech (..)

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Our innovative, engaging, and hands-on Science curriculum is here to support educators and students with the most advanced Science resources available. Our new Dynamic Science curriculum covers elementary, middle school, and high school Biology, Physics, and IPC.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company. But the rationale for the deal was connected to BrightBytes’ data, a play to build up Google Education. In that email, Google described BrightBytes as a “perfect compliment” to Google Classroom and Workspace for Education.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 12, 2020

As another school year begins, many families are now tasked with educating their children at home, changing the way we think about and prioritize learning. How can edtech shift from a focus on district administrators and classroom educators to better understand families’ needs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Listenwise is expanding into the elementary-grade market in response to demand from educators. The post How Education Companies Can Expand Into New Markets While Staying Focused appeared first on Market Brief.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

In this new American Public Media podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It’s an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn’t true and are now reckoning with the consequences – children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 11, 2023

The post 4 Trends in AI That Education Companies Should Watch appeared first on Market Brief. Eleven countries -- though not the U.S. -- have officially endorsed and implemented a K–12 AI curriculum, a new report finds.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And he is targeting education as one key part of that vision. What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2024

And many AI companies aren't helping. As I have been teaching with and using these newest round of AI tools since January 2023, I've also been interviewing experts and other educators and sharing the learning here on this show. Understandably, academic integrity is at question as students rushed to use AI for dishonest means.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 20, 2023

About a third of education organizations allow employees to work away from the office full-time, an EdWeek Market Brief survey of K-12 businesses finds. The post Are Education Companies Asking Employees to Work In-Person, or Remotely? appeared first on Market Brief.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

You have created the “next big thing” in education and it’s time to share it with the world. The post Dear EdTech Companies, We Need To Talk. Sadly, EdTech Misunderstands the Best Way to Gain Saturation in the Classroom appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Network. Congratulations! How do you do this?

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The post To Education Companies: Never too Old (or Good Looking) to Make a Difference first appeared on EdNews Daily. Again, aside from the blatant sexism of his day, you can’t fully appreciate that statement unless you realize that even though Joe had a pocketful […].

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

PRNewswire/ — Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, is excited to announce that it has been named to the 2024 edition of the GSV 150, an annual list of the top 150 private companies transforming digital learning and workforce skills. PARAMUS, N.J./PRNewswire/

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

When it comes to choosing educational technology, K–12 IT leaders have the opportunity — after more than a year of using whatever was available to achieve learning — to choose tools intentionally. Over the past year and a half, well-respected companies introduced new tools and new companies stepped into the ed tech space to meet…

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

And at least one edtech company is making a similar offer: Instructure, the learning management system provider that runs Canvas, is encouraging its employees to volunteer as substitute teachers for districts. Company officials say it became apparent during the pandemic that school administrators couldn’t get substitutes fast enough.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Since the second semester of his senior year of high school, he has responded to field calls as an employee of the largest underground utility locating company in North America — the Indianapolis-based U.S. Infrastructure Company (USIC). You learn how to work with people,” he said.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 29, 2023

The post Discovery Education Acquires DreamBox Learning, in Pairing of Major Classroom-Focused Companies appeared first on Market Brief. The acquisition affects resources that are collectively delivered to millions of students in core academic subjects.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Singapore-based company Genius Group has turned some of its attention to the U.S. In July, the company bought the for-profit University of Antelope Valley in California, saying it would incorporate it as a portal in the metaverse, part of the voguish effort to link the globe into “one big classroom.” edtech market recently.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Coursera’s founders and CEO rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange today, as the online-learning company became a rare edtech enterprise to go public. And because it’s a pandemic, the event was online and the bell was virtual (perhaps fitting for an online-learning company).

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2024

Students in special education make up 15% of the K-12 student population, and that number has been steadily increasing for nearly 40 years. She will also share her knowledge and expertise outside the company through professional development programs, conference presentations, and other endeavors. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2024

A survey of company leaders by the Ed-Tech Leadership Collective found that education companies are not devoti likely to focus on nurturing diverse internal talent than overall employee retention.

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Marketplace K-12

DECEMBER 22, 2022

are one sign of how market conditions have turned against special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. The post What the Retreat From SPACs Means for Education Companies and Investors appeared first on Market Brief. Newly announced plans to liquidate Class Acceleration Corp.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In addition to providing students a path toward their college degree, the Outlier offerings also give those looking for valuable career and workforce training the opportunity to earn credit-bearing professional certificates from leading technology companies like Google, Meta, and Salesforce.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2020

This uncertainty is enough to cause an educator—a profession that depends on planning and preparation—to experience a wide range of unpleasant emotions. But educators are a tenacious and resourceful bunch. Companies that provide this assistance to teachers directly will be rich in prospects.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Illustrative Mathematics (IM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a world where all learners know, use, and enjoy mathematics, announces its inaugural annual report highlighting major company accomplishments in 2023.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

NEW YORK PRNewswire/ — Today, Merlyn Mind, an AI company focused on building domain-specific AI platforms and solutions for improving human productivity, announced the launch of its AI-powered classroom solution, Merlyn Origin.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 14, 2021

About two-thirds of education company employees say their morale is the same or better than it was, pre-COVID, an EdWeek Market Brief survey of businesses shows. The post What’s Happened With Education Company Morale During the Pandemic? appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse. This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ” So you do see potential in this technology for educators?

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, announced today that it has acquired Whooo’s Reading and its AI-driven technology that enables teachers to quickly and easily determine whether their students comprehend the books they are reading.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 13, 2021

The post Congressional Bill Aims to Incentivize Education Companies, Schools to Sharpen Cybersecurity appeared first on Market Brief. Legislation introduced last month calls on the federal government, K-12 schools, and vendors to take a more structured approach toward cybersecurity and protecting student data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Today, the use of this technology in education settings is underway, and states are even beginning to release guidance on how to navigate AI in schools. Over the past year, the tone of that guidance has shifted from skepticism and resistance to acceptance and optimism, according to an analysis from the Center for Reinventing Public Education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instead, the Norway-based company—which counts Disney as an investor —revealed a new suite of digital games, called Kahoot! It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space. And no, it’s not more quizzes. For starters, most 3-year-olds can’t read.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The company is among employers that provide college admissions coaching as an employee perk. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Corbis via Getty Images A growing number of top companies are providing access to admissions counselors such as Vasconcelos as a benefit to their employees. The New York offices of JPMorgan Chase.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 17, 2020

As the coronavirus crisis takes hold, companies reaching out to districts need to act with empathy, smarts, and sensitivity. The post 6 Things Districts Want From Education Companies During COVID-19 appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This month the company made clear its ambitious research agenda: to achieve the science-fiction dream of building next-generation teaching aids with artificial intelligence. Even in health care, what DeepMind has done with mapping the proteins of DNA—nobody's doing that in the education sector.” Education has neither.”

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 5, 2022

Big education organizations, including Cambium Learning, AVID, and ETS named new top executives at the ASU+GSV summit, or in the run-up to it. The post Education Companies Roll Out New Top Executives at ASU+GSV appeared first on Market Brief.

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