Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc.

EdTech 184

EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 184

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Mike Silagadze isn’t shy about his desire to take market share from the largest college textbook publishers through his classroom software company Top Hat. He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. The company has raised $90 million to date.

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Company Pearson Course Software 93

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

LTG bought the company to grow its presence in the market of LMS software built off Moodle, launched in 2002 as a grassroots, open-source and more affordable option to Blackboard. The company has 733 clients on Learn and 259 clients on Learn Ultra, and claims to serve 100 million users worldwide.

Blackboard 84

Blackboard LMS Moodle Student Data Privacy 84

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality.

Online Learning 68

Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 68

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Although it’s not easy to track participation in online programs, a report by the Evergreen Education Group , a leader in digital learning research, estimated that some 2.7 In 2017, the average score on all AP exams statewide was a 2.2,

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Amanda is the recipient of the Roger Grizzard Innovative Educator Award, Weatherford ISD Teacher of the Year, 2015 Curtis Elementary Teacher of the Year, 2015 Region XI Teacher of the Year Finalist, 2017 Great Educators Matter Award, and 2017 + 2019 ISTE Presidential Bronze Volunteer Service Award.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72