eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 27, 2022 — Vernier Software & Technology has launched Light & Matter: Vernier Supplement to OpenSciEd Unit 6.1 This free e-book incorporates data-collection technology into the first lesson in OpenSciEd Unit 6.1, About Vernier Software & Technology. For more information, visit [link].

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Within K-12, they’re already having tremendous success: after just 15 weeks, high school students who used ChalkTalk experienced an increase of 200-600% on state test scores compared to their peers after a full year of traditional instruction. Education in America is broken. ChalkTalk is seeing the most traction in Florida. About ChalkTalk.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Educators stress the importance of state leadership, transparency for purchasing digital instructional materials. A new report urges care when purchasing digital instructional materials, and notes that factors such as interoperability, accessibility, and device access should be considered during the process.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

10, 2022) – The personalized literacy solution Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) from Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has received the highest rating of Tier 1 from the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). A committee of Louisiana educators reviews the materials. BOSTON (Feb. About Lexia Learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

EdReports.org is an independent nonprofit that evaluates instructional materials for quality and standards alignment. It is a gold-standard leader in helping teachers and administrators identify the highest-quality instructional materials. ABOUT CARNEGIE LEARNING, INC.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) aims to clear up the murky waters surrounding the adoption of digital learning materials, a process that varies wildly between states. Occasionally the state will also partner with companies to provide materials or services to districts free of charge.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

This year, I had the opportunity to work with so many great educational technology companies on the podcast and I'm excited to have the opportunity to walk the vendor floor and meet everyone to say THANK YOU for being a part of the TeacherCast podcasting family. Soundtrap – Booth 2153. MERGE – Booth 2746.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Helping students write and reason clearly, critically and concisely is the central mission at her company, ThinkCERCA. Today the Chicago-based company has raised $10.1 This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons. “Like how to write an email.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Still, she appreciates the sentiment from company officials. “I

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The company was among more than 30 publishers that made the adoption list. Adopted materials are available for purchase now to public schools and districts in South Carolina. The Committee reviews all instructional materials in light of the state content standards.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

With educational opportunities currently limited to just 11 percent of this population , the potential for technology, especially mobile devices, to provide additional avenues to education for these adults is significant. How does a company raise awareness and sell into a bifurcated market? Awareness and Thought Leadership.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virginia Standards of Learning are embedded in programs’ reporting, and instructors can easily identify Virginia SOL Primary Standards in the online libraries and offline materials. For 40 years, the company has focused on pre-K-12 literacy and today provides solutions for students and educators.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. education technology companies raised more than $803 million in venture capital, according to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert. BOSTON ( Sept.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

The company was renamed “Amplify.” Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. The new solutions result from an explosion of apps, companies, content and marketplaces over the past decade. Decluttering enables execution; that’s the premise of a core program.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Complementing these materials on the instructional content platform are lesson plans and assessments aligned to state learning standards organized by subject and grade. The New York-based company has now raised more than $172 million in venture capital. The company has been on a hiring spree.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

There is every reason to expect that both entrepreneurs and enterprising educators will continue to generate new and compelling ideas about how to effectively address the challenges facing public education through technology, and for this we should remain optimistic and hopeful.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In an effort to help educators, parents and other education technology consumers make better choices about the products they use, Digital Promise spent the last year developing a “research-based design” product certification. Last fall, Digital Promise invited about 100 companies to participate in beta testing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. In fact, Lexia was the only company to make the list across K-5 intervention courses. About Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2020

Lifelong learning” is an ideal often celebrated in education circles, and a new company is setting out to prove that the pursuit of new skills and knowledge doesn’t stop at age 55, 62 or whenever Social Security retirement benefits kick in in the future. There’s a misconception that older people are adverse to technology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Instruction that aligns with districts’ standards, scope, and sequence. Standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials to support grade-level learning. Carnegie Learning is the leading provider of K-12 education technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions. About Carnegie Learning, Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

That approach worked for Spotify, a company in the portfolio of growth equity firm TCV , where Marshall is a general partner. And now, it’s attracted TCV to an education technology company. In the past 12 months, the company has grown its staff size by 50 percent, to 200 employees at the end of 2018.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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Doug Levin

MAY 6, 2017

Second , the speed with which Google, its partners, and savvy technology staff in school districts responded – and successfully so – was truly amazing. This is how everyone should want companies to respond – in education and beyond – when presented with evidence of a potential security incident.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

We would like to thank the American Business Awards for honoring Experience Chemistry as an exceptional science learning solution,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. The best way for students to learn is through a fun and interactive environment, which is what [Savvas Learning Company] set out to do.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The global education technology industry is headed for a record-setting year when it comes to venture capital investments. companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. It proves that there is appetite among investors for helping education companies serving the European market.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

Instructional materials aren’t more important than teachers, says Cassandra Herring, CEO of the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. Edmentum’s curriculum is pretty inclusive, Candee claims, and the company had even overhauled it prior to the pandemic to include more perspectives. In response, the company publicly apologized.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 18, 2023

Consider some of the research conducted by McKinsey & Company when they found, “The pandemic widened preexisting opportunity and achievement gaps, hitting historically disadvantaged students hardest. McKiney & Company go on to say, “Students didn’t just lose academic learning during the pandemic. This is not a student problem.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

As the leader of an education company, it was a sobering reminder of the complexities and responsibilities involved in creating curriculum. So how can curriculum publishers and educational companies be meaningful partners in creating culturally-responsive classrooms? Sources and activities will make it through that carry implicit bias.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The reports make it easy to see which skills the students need to work on, and provides the instructional materials to reinforce them.”. “We Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, empowers educators through adaptive assessment and personalized instruction. About Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. And a new, growing class of companies may soon join us. We broke through in different ways.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

“Once we can find the characteristics of the most socially appealing instructor, then we can use that for any lecture or presentation or instructional interaction,” he adds, noting that he is watching the development of ChatGPT and other agents closely as companies try to add voices and images to them for applications like virtual tutors.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills, announced the findings of its new survey of nearly 1,700 teachers to get their insights into the challenges of implementing social emotional learning (SEL) programs in today’s tumultuous educational environment.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

I taught that way for three years before switching to a model in which I served more like a facilitator for students as they worked through material independently. There’s a learning curve for everyone when moving instruction online. Invest in blended and online learning professional development.

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