Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

He’s talking about the next wave of the Maker Movement, big news buzzing amongst makers in the inner circle. News reports from Chicago Inno show that custom manufacturing designed by makers might be an active part of the domestic economy sooner than Garzon realizes. It sounds so sci-fi, but it is within my lifetime,” continues Garzon.

Maker Movement 97

Maker Movement Company Report Technology 97

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

EVERFI, a Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) company, is an international technology company driving social impact through education to address the most challenging issues affecting society ranging from financial wellness to mental health to workplace conduct and other critical topics. Forward-looking Statements.

Survey 98

Survey Company Report Course 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2021

So it was hardly a surprise to see the usual crowds of investors, industry leaders and entrepreneursout in force at the summit, touting certifications, credentials and new partnerships. The future of higher education and the state of child care were big topics at the ASU-GSV summit in San Diego. The most prestigious U.S

Education 123

Education Coursera Trends Online Learning 123

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

At the end of the course, for example, students met with a shark tank-type group—investors from the community, business, and industry folks—and pitched them business ideas that would utilize VR to provide a solution to problems that were local, regional, national or even global in scope. Searching for new AR and VR resources?

Learning 99

Learning Robotics Course Training 99

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Heavyweight investors, including Softbank and IVP , are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into online tutoring startups, including Vienna-based GoStudent and Montreal-based Paper. . They were really really attentive whenever I was explaining any topics. The online tutoring business is indeed booming.

Study 83

Study Case Study Robotics Laptops 83

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Raising venture capital isn’t (necessarily) good news. Remember Edmodo? They’re amazing.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2017

But we here at EdSurge are keeping things serious, bringing you today’s most pressing edtech news in our fifth annual EdSurde Report. It’s all here, and it's totally not fake news. An app that might actually work, a ball-pit classroom, and a wearable “information absorber.” Happy April Fool’s Day, folks! WHAT’S IN A NAME?:

EdTech 61

EdTech Company Social Media Conference 61

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Weird Enough Productions (501(c)3/Lithonia, Georgia) teaches students how to combat fake news, identify media bias and create positive content through an ed-tech tool. Here were the tips that the mock board members, comprised of education technology investors and founders, had to offer. Words Liive (Washington, D.C.)

EdTech 83

EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 83

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

As the first keynote speaker, edtech investor and Getting Smart CEO Tom Vander Ark began by asking the audience to share their edtech expectations and concerns—the list grew exponentially.

EdTech 60

EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. A new round of funding is enabling the company to make an even bigger difference in the way students learn.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Edmentum Internet Safety Survey 40

Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

" Or maybe I'd tell you a little bit about pigeons — I've done a whole keynote on that topic too — and on how the birds have been used as weapons of war and as models for education technology. The best way to predict the future, if you will, is to be a dude whose words get picked up by the news. But I hate repeating myself.

Khan Academy 126

Khan Academy Course Conference Technology 126

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Joey Jiao, investment vice president of Blue Elephant Capital, has been sharing sweets with entrepreneurs and investors to calm their nerves. “We For others, the new restrictions have so far mostly raised questions. They have differing theories about what the news might mean for China.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Industry E-rate 150

Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The report of the NASBE Commission on Financial and Investor Literacy also offers a useful definition: “Financial literacy is defined as the ability to read, analyze, manage and communicate about the personal financial conditions that affect material well-being.

Handbook 40

Handbook Common Core Data Study 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

Topics have included personal finance, bicycle repair, cooking—even date rape, featuring a screening of the documentary “The Hunting Ground” with a panel from nearby Stanford University. Related: Some investors, universities see a return in fronting students’ tuition. That’s why the school lets them choose the topics, she said.

Survey 40

Survey Course Advocacy Report 40

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

That means, for one thing, you end up with a Secretary of Education or with a prominent investor/philanthropist or governor or pundit claiming that schools haven't changed in hundreds of years. " Even when we don't know the history of something, we invent it — unconsciously perhaps — and that has its own, dangerous significance.

Education 140

Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

Related: To pay for college, more students are promising a piece of their future to investors. Watson Elementary School are also earning stackable credentials — in their case, covering topics such as communication, using data and building leadership skills. Credit: Ronda Churchill for The Hechinger Report.

Industry 135

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 135

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 19, 2015

Because investors want them to grow the number of users, so as to have more eyeballs for more ads. It is an inscrutable mix of breaking news, valuable commentary, horrible trolling, and brands saying bae to get you to eat chicken nuggets… If Twitter does this right, Lightning will make Twitter more accessible, simpler, and friendlier.

Twitter 40

Twitter Trends Video Social Media 40

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

Some employees heard the news on a conference call. Former employees say what they had built resembled piecemeal appetizers of a grander product: seven modules, each that covered a lesson for science topics like plants and volcanoes. After letting go of its staff, he has sought out partnerships and investors for the company.

Education 78

Education Company Chegg Pearson 78

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2017

No one had ever thought about using computers in the classroom – or so you might glean if you only read the latest marketing about apps and analytics – until this current batch of philanthropists and entrepreneurs and investors and politicians suddenly stumbled upon the idea circa 2010.

Data 47

Data Report Analysis Personalized Learning 47

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By harnessing the power of AI in education technology, learners can access a broader understanding of a topic, mitigating the structural bias of the institution and curriculum. No–not if we’re viewing it as a lens to further support learning and broaden the scope of topics that can be covered. Is this a problem?

Education 52

Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

There is more to be said and written about this book and related topics. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Not factual.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

There is more to be said and written about this book and related topics. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Not factual.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Racial Bias Claim Looms Over Bronx School as Administrators Exit.” ” “ Moody’s Investors Service pushed the debt of the Chicago public schools further into junk territory on the same day last week the district’s teachers threatened to strike,” reports the AP.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Michael Linane, a ninth grade world history and geography teacher at Old Rochester Regional High School in Massachusetts, starts his class off everyday with students reading the day’s news headlines on Chromebooks. Civics and social studies are typically not subjects that attract attention—either from the media or investors.

Study 60

Study Classroom Social Media Chromebook 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In other bad news from the FCC , this via The Verge : “ FCC begins scaling back internet subsidies for low-income homes.” Investors include Upfront Ventures, FirstMark, and Student Transportation Inc. This week’s Uber news, via Bloomberg : “ Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People.”

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

“Why Free Bootcamps + Inexpensive Bachelor’s Degrees Make Sense,” argues investor Ryan Craig in Edsurge , (whose VC firm invested in Revature – see above). ” More on the topic on his website , e-Literate. .” It’s a strategic partnership with Revature. You can get a Microsoft certification!

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

the parent company of Capella and Strayer, told investors in March, “We’re going to continue to focus on maintaining the highest possible academic quality figuring that that’s really the best way to sort of position yourself vis-a-vis any kinds of regulatory or legislative initiatives.” million in profits, up from $36.7

Industry 89

Industry Company Advocacy Data 89

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

I’ll lead off this week’s roundup of education news with this from England, from The Guardian : “ Toby Young resigns from the Office for Students after backlash.” And more Toby Young (and eugenics) news in the “meanwhile on campus” section below. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” is how Education Week describes the news. Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. 2 Post at Ed.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

New figures from the federal government show that graduates of some private, for-profit colleges and universities make near- or below-poverty wages, in spite of their investments in a higher education. The Topic: What college programs are worth the money. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Read more about higher education.

Report 40

Report Data Study Examples 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The topic of education didn’t really come up, save Clinton’s invocation of “The Trump Effect” and the increased bullying in school. Via NBC News : “ Minnesota education officials have launched a review of online PhD programs at a for-profit college with ties to former President Bill Clinton.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” News out of LAUSD is in the courts section below. There’s more for-profit related news in the “free college” section above and in the “courts” section above. ” ( Not mentioned : Penn was one of the very first investors in Coursera.). Immigration and Education. .” Sounds amazing.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

In related MOOC news, there's more on “ nanodegrees ” in the “credentialing” section below. Investors in this Series B round include: Advancit Capital, Betty Cohen, Dave Pottruck, Deborah Quazzo, Gerald Hughes, Helena Wong, Kyowon Group, and Rick Segal. Speakaboos has raised $12.5 The startup has raised $25.2

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The Dallas News (one of many publications I cannot access from here in Europe, incidentally, so I think this is the headline): “ Charter School Founded by Southwest Key Wants to Educate Immigrant Kids Housed in Its Shelters.” There’s more sports related legal news in the sports section below.

Education 50

Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The Topic: For profit colleges’ new strategy. Apollo Education Group, parent of the University of Phoenix, was sold to a group of investors for slightly more than a tenth of what it was once worth. The post Seeking a fresh start, battered for-profit colleges give themselves a new name appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Kaplan 40

Kaplan Industry Report Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

There were several points in the presidential campaign that some pundits argued the Trump University scandal would torpedo Trump’s political aspirations: when news broke that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had sought a donation from Trump before nixing a fraud investigation into Trump University in her state, for example.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40