Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2019

He was a remarkable collaborator, partner, and friend. And, he could always be counted on as a great karaoke partner at our League events. Since 2015, Ned has contributed to the League of Innovative Schools in powerful and tremendous ways—by asking tough questions, by doing hard work, and by creating joy in places that needed it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Dealing with Boundaries. You may want to talk to your partner about handing off some education-related tasks to them to help you separate your two roles more cleanly. It’s also important that you give the educator authority when your child asks for help with their homework or other tasks.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. What’s the Big Deal?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

But another blockbuster deal in this sector, in the middle of an ongoing pandemic, offers proof that it can be done—and deliver handsome returns. billion by Hellman & Friedman, which then sold Renaissance to a different private equity firm, Francisco Partners, in 2018 for an undisclosed price. In 2014, it was acquired for $1.1

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

When we created the nation’s first graduate program designed to prepare a technology-savvy school administrator at the University of Minnesota (way back in 2003!) , ISTE was one of our most important partners in that work. I spend a lot of time redesigning lessons and units with P-12 teachers, instructional coaches, and principals.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 25, 2021

The pandemic gave many of us a great deal of time to engage in projects both personally and professionally. Eric Sheninger captures a method for dealing with the unknown, for making the future the present, and invites consideration of the competencies to make learning lovable for teachers and their students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Noodle Partners, which works with colleges to build and offer online programs, recently ditched the second part of its name. But the New York City-based company has a new partner to help expand its footprint in an increasingly competitive market. He wasn’t always this way.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

-based provider of digital K-12 instructional and assessment tools has agreed to acquire Australian education technology company 3P Learning in an all-cash deal worth approximately AU $189 million, or approximately US $135 million. The deal would expand IXL’s existing footprint in Australia. school districts.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 29, 2020

Sheryl Harmer The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the necessity of building character development and social-emotional skills in young children as they deal with the stresses of learning remotely.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The addition of Naviance and Intersect “offers PowerSchool a way to service colleges and universities,” says Gates Bryant, a partner at Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting firm and investment bank. These acquisitions come at a time when PowerSchool and EAB are preparing for even bigger deals. schools and districts.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. Driving the funding totals up this year are two nine-figure deals.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

In projects that look to transform education and build impactful edtech, creating a plan for how partners work together is just as important as the final result. How Students Use AI to Design Solutions for Their Community How Using AI Optimizes Instruction and Learning in Secondary Writing Can AI Help Teachers With Grading?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s easier for our partners to set up systems and retrieve information. What challenges did you face in the implementation process, and how did your team deal with those? We want to make sure the customer understands what to do next or where to go from here; we want to be a good partner and support them in the process.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The deal, which officially closed on Monday, marks the latest step in PowerSchool’s march to create a platform that connects the different digital tools that students and teachers use in everyday instruction. To create the Unified Classroom, PowerSchool has been on a buying binge with backing from Vista Equity Partners.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Before we dive in, a quick heads-up: I’m an affiliate partner with Amazon, which means I do earn a small commission from purchases made through the links I share in my posts. Prime Day Deals The allure of Prime Day is just too strong to ignore—massive discounts across all categories. Prime members even get a substantial discount.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

While there’s a great deal of information to digest, the article points out that many benefits of 3D printing go beyond math and science comprehension. When Kodak launched its newest 3D printer, the company partnered with learnbylayers to offer high-quality lessons, projects and assessments for educational purchasers.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Over the past two years, I have been blessed to partner with District 205 in Elmhurst, IL. Prior to the day, I spent a great deal of time planning my slide deck and associated digital handouts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

billion acquisition offer from Vista Equity Partners. Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal. Funding, Wheeling and Dealing As many schools closed, investors’ checkbooks opened, many attracted by the surge in the usage of edtech products and services.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. These programs have drawn criticism because some students would rather shop around on their own for better deals.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

The deal also welcomes Bond as the latest addition to Byju’s cadre of high-profile investors, which already includes Naspers, Sequoia Capital and Tencent. Bond was founded by Mary Meeker, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins whose annual “Internet Trends” reports have become a must-read for the technology industry.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

The deal was contentious because edX had long touted its nonprofit status and independence from capitalist pressures as it convinced more than 150 colleges — many of them highly selective ones — to join in as partners to offer free and low-cost courses online. Some critics saw the sale to a for-profit company as a breach of trust.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When families are dealing with not having basic necessities, school just isn’t a priority,” says Susanne Terry, coordinator for homeless education services in the San Diego County Office of Education. So even though they moved up, they now have to deal with the frustration of that missed learning. They’ve missed a lot of class time.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

million) and how much Coursera paid its university partners ($281 million). The deal went through last month and edX CEO Anant Agarwal has transitioned to ‘Chief Open Education Officer’ at 2U. So far none of the edX Consortium members have left, while two dozen of 2U partners have joined edX. revenue ($14.7

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

One of the things I’ve learned a great deal about along the way is how to run an effective summer reading program for emergent bilingual students. When I was with Austin ISD, we partnered with a local bookstore that did some promotional work for us and offered discounts to families.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2023

Athena High School is the second of many high schools to recently partner with Counslr. Counslr was designed to help individuals deal with life’s day-to-day issues, empowering individuals to address concerns while they are small to help ensure that they stay small.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2018

“Educational institutions should evaluate the opportunity to ditch legacy hardwired networks supporting classrooms, and the related complexity and cost ,” says David Hemingson , partner and leader of the higher education and academic medical center divisions at advisory firm ISG. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Qadree is the founder and managing partner of a newly-formed investment fund, Zeal Capital Partners , that hopes to buck those trends. The firm will invest anywhere from $250,000 to $2 million in pre-seed to Series A deals. percent of assets in the $69 trillion asset management industry.” The Washington, D.C.-based

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

The deal is set to close in the next couple weeks, says Top Hat CEO and co-founder Mike Silagadze. He declined to disclose the value of the deal, but said the price reported by The Globe and Mail—under $30 million—is in the ballpark. Should the Nelson deal pass, Top Hat will boast more than 1,000 titles in its library.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

The deal, which The Wall Street Journal estimated is worth nearly $1.75 Then it was flipped and sold in 2014 to GIC, a Singapore-based wealth fund, an investment group affiliated with Insight Venture Partners and others, for $752 million. The size of this deal has me even more concerned. billion purchase of Lynda in 2015.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Business partners were overwhelmed as they had to meet their own basic needs to stay afloat and many in person internships were no longer possible. The vast majority of students at both schools also deal with challenges of poverty. Schools scrambled to get internet access for students. Some internships will be possible virtually.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

edtech venture firms as limited partners. In the coming months, EduLab Ventures, a group with roots in Japan, will wrap up the fundraising process for a new edtech fund that could bring up to $40 million to invest in early-stage deals. Now, one of those groups has decided to create its own U.S.-based based fund.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

In the EdTech market alone, the total amount raised in 2018 was $1.45B, matching the previous annual record set in 2015, (Figure 1), but the total deal volume has dramatically decreased 32% from 165 deals to 112 deals. These deals would have been public market statistics in the past. compared to $76.4B

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2020

According to Antti Korhonen, a partner at Sparkmind, this is the first Nordic-based fund focused on the education technology sector. The firm will support companies raising seed capital through Series B rounds, and participate in deals with other investors that total anywhere from €1 million to €20 million.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

And while Chegg and 2U have been among the biggest public market decliners in the past six months, there’s reason for bullishness, according to Jason Palmer , a general partner at New Markets Venture Partner, an education-focused venture capital firm. Cheating has always been a very clear black and white line.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 14, 2022

Being the trusted technology partner for more than 250 institutions, we Linways team dedicates a good amount of its time to identify the solution for problems faced by institutions. It extends beyond that to interacting with the applicants, providing guided tours, and a big deal of paperwork.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2017

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Frontline CEO Tim Clifford tells EdSurge in an interview that “the company is valued in the unicorn range, well north of a billion dollars.” Clifford says the company hired an investment bank last spring to help them sort through interest and solicitation from “a good deal of parties.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

For K12, the deal means more coding curriculum for students of its Destinations Career Academies, which offer high school and career training program hybrids. Recent notable deals include Zovio’s (then known as Bridgepoint Education) $17.5 On the high end, Swiss HR firm Adecco Group paid $412.5 times that. times that.

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