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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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The strategies needed to transform school districts, along with the ongoing implementation of these strategies in one Connecticut district, were discussed during a recent edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner.

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Using Feedback Logs to Empower Learners

A Principal's Reflections

The most successful companies are successful because they are always looking for ways to improve. Now I am not saying that this is an ineffective strategy at all, but something was missing. The same philosophy can be applied to our schools. The research fully supports this proclamation. The response is that it is presented verbally.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

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Systems, Strategies, and an Equity Framework. Located in the suburbs north of Seattle, and close to the headquarters of high-tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, the Northshore School District’s students are 60% White, 17% Asian, and 13% Hispanic, with another 9% identifying as mixed race.

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

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Founded in 1997, Powerschool was first bought by Apple in 2001, and then by Pearson in 2006. Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. Executives from both companies were unavailable when reached by EdSurge (but we will update the story with additional details and commentary when available).

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UMass Will Build a National Online College. But What About Its Previous Online Offshoot?

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But the announcement fails to mention that the University of Massachusetts already runs an extensive online-learning operation, known as UMassOnline , which was started in 2001 and currently serves more than 20,000 students. So how will this new effort be different?

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

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edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. The bull is back—or is it? Round Size.

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Nonprofit University Buys For-Profit College For Its Tech Platform

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A company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the company’s technology platform to deliver its online courses. Kennedy University.